Any DUers ever been in jail/prision?...

[Endangered Specie]

If so, how long, and for what?


I would ask if you are innocent/guilty,... but as Morgan says in the Shawshank Redemption "everyones innocent in here"

[Westegg]

1. Jail. One night. They took my shoe-laces! Hell yeah, I was guilty...

[m-jean03]

31. What did you do, for heavens sakes?

eom!

[Kenneth ken]

2. jail

overnight. I got arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant. It was a Saturday night, kind of late, so I didn't want to call anyone to bail me out until morning. Then it was Sunday, and apparently the bailing out process was slow. I spent the morning, and most of the afternoon there.

It was boring. The food was pretty bad. I'm glad it was only a short stay. Didn't strike me as a place I'd want to spend weeks, months, years.

[Wapsie B]

3. One night.

But it's not what you think. A few of us were coming back from a trip to Chicago and had car trouble around Galena, Ill. They let us bunk on the floor of the city jail that night until we got the car fixed.

[Generic Other]

4. Does juvenile detention count?

My crime? I was incorrigible. :)

[SmileyBoy]

5. I was on prohbation when I was 14.

I got in a couple of fights.

[samadhi]

6. I went to jail for speeding

I just slept the whole time in my own cell.

[Mick Knox]

7. Alcatraz

pretty cool.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

8. I got a ticket while I was in southern CA,

well, a few tickets, it added up to like five hundred bucks. I didn't pay and then I got an arrest warrant in the mail. They still wanted me to pay but I was still broke, so I just hitched down there and showed up at the jail Friday afternoon.

I walked up to the desk and handed him the arrest warrant. He seemed shocked. Showing it to the other cop he says: "I guess we have to arrest him". So I spent the weekend in jail. On Monday when I saw the judge he dismissed the tickets for time served. And I hitched home.

[radwriter0555]

36. That was very responsible of you actually.... you were raised

RIGHT.

Judge saw that too apparently.

Very well handled.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

41. I label myself as 'cheap' not 'responsible'

I just wanted to avoid paying the fine. I didn't have any money or a job so it was the easiest way to clear the ticket.

[oblivious]

9. Twice

First time: My high school basketball team went to the local prison to play the inmates.

Second time: I once taught at an open university, and one of my students was an inmate. By mail he begged for a one-on-one class, so I went. The warden let us use his office and the guards actually served us tea in the warden's china. When I asked my student why he didn't drink the tea, he shook his head and shifted his eyes towards the guard with a look that said: "If I touch that tea cup, I'm dead." Anyway, he passed the course.

[sasquatch]

30. What were you teaching?

:shrug:

[oblivious]

43. I think it was "Business Communication"

[Delano]

10. No jail. No prison.

Nobody in my family has ever been arrested. None of my friends either, as far as I know. I keep my nose clean. It's really not all that hard...

I've noticed that in some circles, the stigma of having been to jail no longer exists. I think that's a shame. Remember how people used to be horrified if they found out if someone had been in jail? I'm still like that. If one of my sons brought home a fiancee with an arrest record, it would take a LOT of convincing to get me to accept that person into my family. My family is pretty liberal, but also pretty square. We follow the rules, and aren't crazy about folks who scoff at them, whether they be corporate titans embezzling, or regular guys speeding with a .15 BAC.

[truthspeaker]

19. the problem is a few stupid laws

When they can put you in jail for possessing the unprocessed buds of a weed that grows on God's green earth it's hard to respect the law for the sake of respecting the law.

That said, I've never even been ticketed for pot possession, much less gone to jail. So far.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

26. I've noticed that in some circles...

Noticing that some stigmas no longer exist is lamented. I think that's a shame.

Edit: grammar

[Delano]

33. Bad behavior should be stigmatized.

Don't you find it sad that nobody cares about Neil Bush STEALING $100 mil from Silverado? That's part of the same phenomenon, and it cuts both ways, whether its the malfeasance of right-wing greedheads, or the lawlessness of some constituency groups that the democratic party may represent.


So if your daughter brought home a fiancee and he announced proudly that he's served time for pot possession, would you be impressed? I'm not in favor of the present law, but it's the law, and I obey it. I don't need a buzz so bad that I go around smoking grass. And if a person DOES use it, he's showing at least questionable judgment. If he gets caught, it's even MORE questionable.

I'm pretty sure that any democratic politician will back me up on this. The law is the law. There is a place for civil disobedience, but just getting your kicks is not it.

[Interrobang]

35. Don't you believe in being quit evens?

So if someone's an ex-con, and I mean ex-, that means you have to stigmatise them for the rest of their lives, even though they've done their time and (allegedly) paid their debt to society? No wonder recidivism's so high in the US if no one's willing to give ex-inmates a chance to keep their noses clean and redeem themselves afterwards.

Incidentally, my old project boss, a guy who's now the CEO of his own fairly successful small business, spent some time in jail as a young man, and now he's educated, professionally certified, and fairly well-off. I have to respect that, a *lot*. (He's also the nicest guy I've ever worked for, but that's just editorializing.) He's a safety professional with a list of certifications as long as your arm. I *trust* his judgement.

Me, I figure that someone should get provisional respect until their behaviour proves them worthy of more respect or less.

I mean, sure, people *care* that Neil Bush is a crook, but if you're extending that argument out to mean that you're automatically going to stop your daughter from marrying someone who was once in jail, that's kind of ridiculous.

[Delano]

38. I didn't stay I would stop the marriage automatically.

But it would take a lot more convincing to get my approval if he was a con.

Look, I worked a temp job once with a several guys who just matter-of-factly announced that they'd been in jail. One for crack dealing, another for drunken disorderliness and domestic violence. They acted as though they were describing how they went to the market the other day - no big deal. If I had been in jail or prison, I WOULD be ashamed of it, and would not go around acting as though it was perfectly normal. It's not. There was a time when people were embarrassed to tell others such things. And I think it should stil be embarrassing.

I don't however condone discrimination based on a criminal record in hiring, unless relevant (day care centers should not be hiring convicted sex offenders, etc.)

[villager]

11. um, well, arrested a couple of times

for, you know, civil disobedience.

My duty as a patriot.

[neverborn]

24. A Good Reason

:hi:

[villager]

34. I thought so.

Like the exchange between Thoreau and Emerson, when Thoreau was arrested for civil disobedience, and Emerson visits him in jail:

Emerson: Henry, what are you doing in there?

Thoreau: Ralph, what are you doing out there ?

[Guy Fawkes]

44. arrested, never put in jail/jouvey

someone told police I had a "hit list." The episode was because I'm a Jew, and hes an antisemite. It wasn't fun, but it makes a good story.

[imax2268]

12. Had to much fun one night...

DUI...spent a few nights in Sheriff Joe Arpio's Tent City...got work release of course...but having to stay there over night was bad enough...

[ConcernedCanuk]

13. Once, for 8 days, but I was one of the "guilty" ones!

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Was for an old unpaid fine in the early 80's

I was unemployed and pretty broke, the fine was $400.00, and I gladly did the time to pay the debt rather than go into hock with my friends for who knows how long.

Was a bit of an "education", but no major problems.

oh

one thing though,


There was one REAL grumpy beotch in my block!

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[catmandu57]

14. I've been in the belly of the beast

Starting when I was a juvenile and kept running away from an abusive home, the solution instead of listening to me, I got detention to get my attention. It sucked.
Then, due to my fondness for drinking, I later got to be a guest again for dui, that one cost me my lisence.
Then again for being stupid, I don't want to go into that, but I'll say blame it on the culture war, and, yes even though I was guilty there was only one other person who admitted it.
Everyone was innocent.
Let me tell you, being deprived of your liberty sucks big time, fortunately, I live in a state that restores voting rights.

[dryan]

16. Yes when I was a senior in high school

A former boyfriend talked me into driving to Cassadega for Halloween. We drove through the graveyard and got mired in the sand. We couldn't get the car moved and started making a racket with the tires. Someone called the police and when they arrived, they arrested us. Back at the jail, the chief asked me how old I was and I said 16. He asked me about what kind of grades I made and I told him B's. He also asked me what a nice girl was doing in a graveyard at night. He then said he was going to call my mother to come and get me. I got very upset -- you don't know my mother! He said he was going to let us go but if we ever showed up in Cassadega again he was going to have us stay overnight in jail. I was so scared I think it was 5 years before I stepped foot in the town again.

PS - If you're not from Florida -- Cassadega's main claim to fame is that most of the people that live there are psychics and mediums. It is very spooky!

[FunBobbyMucha]

15. I grew up in Ohio. Does that count?

[sasquatch]

32. Only if you lived in Cincinnati

:evilgrin:

[Hemprus]

17. Many nights in the drunk tank

singing "swing low sweet chariot"! What fond memories.:beer:

[Commendatori]

18. Busted in a case of mistaken identity

and this was on my way to my girlfriend's, where I was to change for my senior prom and limo from there. I was detained for six hours before they caught the right guy, who was being brought in just as I was being released. It was freaking scary how much that guy looked like me, how much he was dressed like me, and he was even driving the same type of car ('81 Camaro).

Missed the prom and got dumped that day, so I took out my frustrations out by suing the cop that shook me around like a rag doll. Settled for $10,000.

[Jeezwhiz]

20. Jail time

Yes, One night for DWI in a small NC town like Mayberry, although they didn't leave the keys around like they did for Otis. Latter it led to rehab for me.

[sniffa]

21. twice as a minor - yet charged as aduLt

posession of aLcohoL, and wanton destruction of property.

[bearfan454]

22. delete

never mind

[Endangered Specie]

23. kick...

btw Im clean... such a good boy.

[neverborn]

25. Not once.

Never been in jail, never been in prison.

Came close once -- trespassing on federal property. :x

[noonwitch]

27. Only to visit

I used to be a delinquency worker.

[catmandu57]

28. Buncha damn yardbirds

Hell I thought this thread would disappear, not to worry we'll all be in the re-education camps soon.

[TX-RAT]

29. No kidding , watch your wallet

[Bonhomme Richard]

37. Yeah. Killed a guy for asking too many personal questions.

Just kidding.

[Endangered Specie]

46. lol

[fudge stripe cookays]

39. Why? Ya planning on a visit?

Just curious.

That'd be a no here.

[Endangered Specie]

47. No, I was jsut bored, wanted to think of an 'original' louge topic.

[Padraig18]

40. One arrest, no conviction.

Other than that, I'm not sayin'... :P

[hang a left]

42. No comment. n/t

[TroubleMan]

45. Yes....for extended periods

Once I was in for 9 months, couldn't make bail, found not guilty, and all they said was "bye."

I had a repo on my car, lost my job, and defaulted on my rent. According to all of the lawyers I talked to, I had no legal recourse against the state.


At least I got to meet Sugar Shane Mosley!! Thanks Prince William County!!!! (the VA justice system really sucks - it's guilty until proven rich, then you can go)

[NMDemDist2]

48. i have been jailed twice for protesting war(s)

once in SF for the Nam war and once in Sacramento CA for GulfWar #1

also 4 hours for a DUI