Have you ever been to jail?

[elfwitch]

One night, a week, a month, more than that?
Have you ever been in the slam?

[Misunderestimator]

1. Does Monopoly count? n/t

[Whitacre D_WI]

2. Yeah, but I had a "get out of jail free" card.

Unfortunately, I did not pass "Go," nor did I collect $200. :(

[m-jean03]

6. Nope, I collected that $200!

I love going undercover as a call girl! :evilgrin:

[Whitacre D_WI]

10. Yeah...

"Undercover," eh?

:evilgrin:

[m-jean03]

13. My motto --" In more ways than one!"

They let you off easy because you were a one-time offender.

And to be honest, it helped that I found you less than offensive. :evilgrin:

[Whitacre D_WI]

14. So it wasn't an offense!

That's why I got off!

[m-jean03]

15. And you got off twice, actually -

You lucky man, you. :7

[Whitacre D_WI]

16. Well, I wasn't going to go there...

...thanks for picking up the slack!

[m-jean03]

17. ...Going bravely where no woman has gone before.

Off on a threadjacking with Whitacre to God-knows-where... :scared:

[m-jean03]

18. Well, subtlety isn't exactly my specialty.

:P

[underpants]

3. Overnight once

Halloween night 1986 :beer:

[On the Road]

4. Wow -- 50% of Us

have been in jail at least briefly. That's impressive. I had no idea.

[MissMillie]

5. I used to work at one

But I'm sure that's not what you meant.

[xchrom]

7. all right -- i confess

arrested, jailed -- it was a wild and misspent youth -- but it was fun!

[geniph]

8. Do you mean IN one, or AT one?

I've never been IN one, but I've been AT one - to meet the cop that I was going on a civilian ride-along with. By the way, I highly recommend going on a ride-along some time. It's instructive to see a typical night shift cop on patrol.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. How does one arrange a ride-along?

Do all police departments have them?

My older boy is almost 17, and I'm wondering if this might be a good experience for him, since he likes to push the limits.

[geniph]

20. I think you have to be 18

at least the Seattle Police Department requires you to be 18. Most larger police departments have some kind of community liaison program such as ride-alongs. Usually what you do is to go to the station and fill out a ride-along request form. I went with a cop who's an acquaintance, so it was a little simpler for me. You sign a waiver and tell them what shift you'd like to ride along on, etc.

[proud patriot]

9. Other

I've been there to visit and/or pick -up friends .

[achtung_circus]

11. My father, the cop, locked me in cells on a fairly regular basis,

all in fun, but I learned that having one's freedom taken away is one of the worst things you can do to a person.

I have also had occasion to supervise construction work in a variety of prisons and jails. They make me physically ill. The harder the prison, the more the miasma affects me. The worst was a maximum security psychiatric centre, they were not only nasty, they were crazy. We were there to improve sight lines in the showers due to murders in the showers. Not a nice place

[MisterP]

19. visited it w/ my Boy Scout troop

bored petty thieves and hucksters, padded cell, helipad, carport, emergency switches in the halls, 24-hour clock, lots o' cinderblock everything the same beige-dun color. I was maybe 8?

[TheMightyFavog]

24. Same here.

Webelos Trip.

[JohnLocke]

21. Other: Still in jail.

Kidding. :)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

22. I have never been "in" jail

However, I have been "to" a jail.

[Champ]

23. Does preschool jail count?

[skippysmom]

25. only to visit

it freaks me out, but it's to see a relative of my husband so I make myself go.

[marigold20]

26. I toured the old Fort Benton Montana jail before it closed

That was enough for me.