Gwinnett County Jail

Sentencing

Interview with Jack, Jerry, Sarah and Jesse


JM: How long was your sentencing for?
Jack: had to do weekends in the holding cell for 4 weeks.
Jerry: 5 months
Sarah: No sentence, just nearly a year missing out on my life and that of my children.
Jesse: No sentencing

JM: Did you spend time in a holding cell after your sentencing? If so, what was that like?
Jack: Yes It was awful....The people that were there doing weekend time had to suffer through all the Drunks and drugged out people that were processed on a nightly basis.....
Jerry: no
Sarah: I spent A LOT of time in a holding cell back and forth for court about my kids in foster care and it was AWFUL. it was gross, smelly and freezing.
Jesse: I was make to feel like an animal. It was expectially cold all the ladies were trying to warm themselves some wrappinh toilet paper around there hands and faces.When I asked officer R.Tieu for a blanket he ordered me back to the roomI told him I had a medical problem he laughed and told me to move back, then he proceeded to laugh point and makeloud jokes about me to another officer.