Rod Blagojevich

I'm in there, second day. As you can imagine, I write about this in the book. It's a hard experience, a long, hard journey. It's heartbreaking in so many ways for me and my family. And hard. But, you know, I'm learning the ropes. I've got all my fellow inmates there. And I'm hearing this phrase, this term, it's called, you know, chomos, fucking chomo. You know, that guy, you know, he's a chomo.

I'm in there, second day. As you can imagine, I write about this in the book. It's a hard experience, a long, hard journey. It's heartbreaking in so many ways for me and my family. And hard. But, you know, I'm learning the ropes. I've got all my fellow inmates there. And I'm hearing this phrase, this term, it's called, you know, chomos, fucking chomo. You know, that guy, you know, he's a chomo.

I'm in there, second day. As you can imagine, I write about this in the book. It's a hard experience, a long, hard journey. It's heartbreaking in so many ways for me and my family. And hard. But, you know, I'm learning the ropes. I've got all my fellow inmates there. And I'm hearing this phrase, this term, it's called, you know, chomos, fucking chomo. You know, that guy, you know, he's a chomo.

They'd say that. And I'd say, what's that? And they told me. And so I was with one of my...

They'd say that. And I'd say, what's that? And they told me. And so I was with one of my...

They'd say that. And I'd say, what's that? And they told me. And so I was with one of my...

case manager or somebody. They were giving me more of the information I needed for the stuff I had to learn as a new inmate. And I mentioned, so who are these Chumos? And she goes, you can't say that. It's not Chumo. And she whispered, it's Chomo.

case manager or somebody. They were giving me more of the information I needed for the stuff I had to learn as a new inmate. And I mentioned, so who are these Chumos? And she goes, you can't say that. It's not Chumo. And she whispered, it's Chomo.

case manager or somebody. They were giving me more of the information I needed for the stuff I had to learn as a new inmate. And I mentioned, so who are these Chumos? And she goes, you can't say that. It's not Chumo. And she whispered, it's Chomo.

That's strictly forbidden here. If you say that, you'll go to the SHU. Now, what's that? I have to ask her. Well, the SHU was Special Housing Unit, SHU. The vernacular was SHU, solitary confinement. And the way they police the inmates and punish them to varying degrees is you get thrown in solitary confinement. So if you just say CHOMO, that'll land you in solitary confinement. For how long?

That's strictly forbidden here. If you say that, you'll go to the SHU. Now, what's that? I have to ask her. Well, the SHU was Special Housing Unit, SHU. The vernacular was SHU, solitary confinement. And the way they police the inmates and punish them to varying degrees is you get thrown in solitary confinement. So if you just say CHOMO, that'll land you in solitary confinement. For how long?

That's strictly forbidden here. If you say that, you'll go to the SHU. Now, what's that? I have to ask her. Well, the SHU was Special Housing Unit, SHU. The vernacular was SHU, solitary confinement. And the way they police the inmates and punish them to varying degrees is you get thrown in solitary confinement. So if you just say CHOMO, that'll land you in solitary confinement. For how long?

Maybe a week. Jeez.

Maybe a week. Jeez.

Maybe a week. Jeez.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Now, I don't want to sound like I'm too liberal or something, but they have to. Because if left to their own devices, these guys would get so fucked up by the general population who are outraged by their crimes and are also outraged by the fact that a lot of them, a lot of them got special treatment in their sentencing. So you see this guy that Biden just pardoned or gave clemency to.

Yeah. Now, I don't want to sound like I'm too liberal or something, but they have to. Because if left to their own devices, these guys would get so fucked up by the general population who are outraged by their crimes and are also outraged by the fact that a lot of them, a lot of them got special treatment in their sentencing. So you see this guy that Biden just pardoned or gave clemency to.