tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post1928582500748510664..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Off To JailLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-82919734064579590232008-03-13T21:12:00.000-04:002008-03-13T21:12:00.000-04:00Nice post, Jennifer. Whenever someone non-police c...Nice post, Jennifer. Whenever someone non-police comes to visit me at work, I always offer a tour including the cells as long as they are empty (for safety's sake). The question many people ask is: "Why is everything pink?" In fact, the entire booking area is painted in a soft, muted pink shade. Why? Because research shows that pink is a calming color and when people are drunk and disorderly, the officers need every bit of help they can get. Even the padded cell is...pink. And by the way, "padded" is a relative term. It's more like between a rock and a not-as-hard place, but it's far from soft.Felicia Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556232226152556397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-26901091298649240842008-03-13T19:25:00.000-04:002008-03-13T19:25:00.000-04:00Wow! You have all had some eye-opening experiences...Wow! You have all had some eye-opening experiences! <BR/><BR/>Mark, I was amazed at the respect and politeness shown by the deputies toward the inmates. In fact, I was totally shocked by the relative peace inside the jail.<BR/><BR/>Joe, my once shot at jury duty was brief. They asked how I felt about civil suits and I said I thought that people who tripped and fell and then decided to sue the shopping malls for their own clumsiness were a needless waste of time and courtroom space. obliviously, I was excused!<BR/><BR/>Nina, I would have fallen apart listening to many of those cases. Only humans can be so cruel to one another. <BR/><BR/>Sue, I'd sure love to have been a fly on the wall/bed covers/heel of a six-inch pump while you conducted your interviews!jbstanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839153589205692508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-67949166028261410562008-03-13T11:29:00.000-04:002008-03-13T11:29:00.000-04:00You know, travel does this for me. When you are t...You know, travel does this for me. When you are the only white face on a Caribbean island, you quickly realize how a minority might feel.Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-7493084470352062412008-03-13T10:41:00.000-04:002008-03-13T10:41:00.000-04:00Several years ago, when researching adult web cams...Several years ago, when researching adult web cams for Too Big to Miss, I got a real peek into the adult entertainment world, including interviewing several call girls and men who frequented them out of habit/addiction. It was fascinating to talk to the women and discover how relatively normal they were (these were not street girls with drug problems and abusive pimps, but women we see every day at the bank and grocery store) and it was fascinating to learn how common prostitution is in the suburbs and amongst "upstanding citizens." Guess that's why Spitzer's indicretions didn't throw me. His stupidity did, but not his actions.<BR/><BR/>I only used a tiny bit of the research in my book, but intend to put it to good use in a stand alone I'm writing entitled Confessions of a Fat Call Girl.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-1313049367590826742008-03-13T09:47:00.000-04:002008-03-13T09:47:00.000-04:00Excellent post. Thanks for sharing, Jennifer. My...Excellent post. Thanks for sharing, Jennifer. <BR/><BR/>My parallel experience would be a series of visits to Domestic Violence Court, where I was relieved of my many misconceptons about abuse and abusers. Not only did I listen to a dozen men recount incidents of physical abuse by women, but I also learned that domestic violence is far more prevalent among educated professionals than I had ever dreamed. Moreover, it's not confined to lovers and ex-lovers. And some abuse concerns the destruction of personal property. In fact, the saddest story I heard concerned a woman whose entire lot of worldly goods was tossed into the winds of a hurricane by a mean-spirited relative.Nina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951320004034298217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-40118173948995102132008-03-13T09:35:00.000-04:002008-03-13T09:35:00.000-04:00Great post, Jennifer.For me, jury duty always lead...Great post, Jennifer.<BR/><BR/>For me, jury duty always leads to an eye-opening experience. I’ve been called a number of times and always go. Not just out of civic duty but to experience a side of life from which most of us are sheltered. And it’s not just the defendants that can grab your attention, it’s witnessing and perhaps taking part in the legal process, another activity most of us don’t experience very often. As a citizen, anyone can take a day trip to the courthouse and watch the proceedings, but when that jury duty summons shows up in the mail, be sure to go and get the inside scoop on a world so different from the norm.Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-7986574655733813792008-03-13T09:14:00.000-04:002008-03-13T09:14:00.000-04:00I hope you paid a lot of attention to the relation...I hope you paid a lot of attention to the relationship between the deputies and the prisoners.<BR/><BR/>My wife's cousin (female) is a deputy at the Oakland County Sheriff's Department here in Michigan, working in the jail, and I've always been fascinated by her relationship (as I am by many cops' relationships with criminals) with the inmates. TV and movies and a lot of books would suggest it's all just one hostile thing, but apparently most law enforcement types learn that you de-escalate by being polite and treating inmates as human beings. Sometimes the relationship seems almost motherly and/or babysitter-ish, which when you think about it, it probably is.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.com