Joe Loya

So, you know, I was I was for the first half of it.

I was a criminal.

I was committing crimes.

I was doing everything I could to, you know, to make money in there and doing all the hustles that are against the law.

But I get pulled up.

I get swept up in a homicide investigation on six other Mexican guys, five other Mexican guys.

And they keep us there for two years before they say we didn't have anything to do with that.

Yeah, so this is the middle of my term.

Yeah, we're in the middle of my term.

And while I'm in there, for sure, I'm doing everything I can to stay sane.

I'm doing exercises.

I'm doing concentration games.

I'm trying to, like... Because you're locked in a cell the size of a parking stall for, you know, 24 hours a day, 23 hours some days.

Oh, my God.

You know, they let you out to go to walk in a bigger cell for rec five times a week and then three showers a week.

So, you know, you're locked in there for a long time.

I do a lot of reading.

I do this.

I put...

My mind slowly started to fragment, and I started hearing voices.