- Apr 12, 2010
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I need some real advice right here, I made this one here just for you trolls ---> http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2240835
Ok, so. Last summer I was going through very fucked up time of visiting the psych ward, being kicked out the house, going to jail, then ending up homeless for a few months.
The jail part is what I'm focusing on here.
Well, caught up on DUI. Went to jail.
When I was being booked, the C/O that booked me asked if I was being bailed out, I said no, she replied I'd be in court the following morning.
That following morning came & went.
I sat in jail for 3 weeks, never went to court.
I saw the same C/O that booked me & asked her about it. She pretty much scoffed at me saying she never told me that, they aren't supposed to tell me that. Flat-out denying she said anything.
I wrote jail records twice & never got a response.
I was a trustee so I stayed working all the time. I got in good with the supervisors who worked the kitchen.
Finally! One of them decided to look into my case for me. A few hours I was called on, then told to pack up my shit & was released.
When I was being released I was asking questions about what was going on & they wouldn't tell me anything.
I tried contacting public defenders & traffic court for a few weeks & they just told me I wasn't even in the system. Not to worry about it.
So, after some time, I got my shit back together, kind of & stopped worrying about it. That was last August.
Everyone I spoke to said that I could sue the jail because of being left in jail for 3 weeks, forgotten about & not going to court.
At the same time, since I wasn't showing up in the system, not showing up on my record, was a fair trade for what happened. So I wasn't going to try pressing charges.
NOW, I guess mail is being sent to my house about all that shit, having to appear in court, such & such bullshit.
So, those of you legal savvy, how should I deal with this?
I'm able to bring to the table those 3 weeks of being left in jail in trade to get charges dropped?
I'm not sure I can rely on the public defenders to properly represent me when it comes to what their employer - the jail, is liable for.
Now unless a lawyer is open to an I-owe-you for suing them over time spent in jail, I'm not sure I can afford one.
Oh, and fuck Indiana. Yea!
Ok, so. Last summer I was going through very fucked up time of visiting the psych ward, being kicked out the house, going to jail, then ending up homeless for a few months.
The jail part is what I'm focusing on here.
Well, caught up on DUI. Went to jail.
When I was being booked, the C/O that booked me asked if I was being bailed out, I said no, she replied I'd be in court the following morning.
That following morning came & went.
I sat in jail for 3 weeks, never went to court.
I saw the same C/O that booked me & asked her about it. She pretty much scoffed at me saying she never told me that, they aren't supposed to tell me that. Flat-out denying she said anything.
I wrote jail records twice & never got a response.
I was a trustee so I stayed working all the time. I got in good with the supervisors who worked the kitchen.
Finally! One of them decided to look into my case for me. A few hours I was called on, then told to pack up my shit & was released.
When I was being released I was asking questions about what was going on & they wouldn't tell me anything.
I tried contacting public defenders & traffic court for a few weeks & they just told me I wasn't even in the system. Not to worry about it.
So, after some time, I got my shit back together, kind of & stopped worrying about it. That was last August.
Everyone I spoke to said that I could sue the jail because of being left in jail for 3 weeks, forgotten about & not going to court.
At the same time, since I wasn't showing up in the system, not showing up on my record, was a fair trade for what happened. So I wasn't going to try pressing charges.
NOW, I guess mail is being sent to my house about all that shit, having to appear in court, such & such bullshit.
So, those of you legal savvy, how should I deal with this?
I'm able to bring to the table those 3 weeks of being left in jail in trade to get charges dropped?
I'm not sure I can rely on the public defenders to properly represent me when it comes to what their employer - the jail, is liable for.
Now unless a lawyer is open to an I-owe-you for suing them over time spent in jail, I'm not sure I can afford one.
Oh, and fuck Indiana. Yea!