Russell jailed in Waco, 7/5/11

[Kat Kanning]

Fed deleters successfully thwarted  (thanks for the tip, J.!)

[John]

Thank you.

[Russell Kanning]

thanks guys
I just had to do something to budge the Feds off their stationary spot on the Naz issue and push along others.
Lots of funny stories to tell as usual.
The US Attorney was swearing at me last tueday .... yesterday they acted like they didn't want me in jail.
I am out. They want me to go to a hearing in Concord August 1st. Since I cannot afford to do that, I will be letting them know that tomorrow. I don't know what will happen with the charge in Waco. The ticket in Concord is for $125 plus 100 for not showing up last year.

The thing in Waco is for 1 year in jail and $100,000 .... or nothing if they drop it. They have a hearing, then a grand jury, then a trial, then sentencing to go. They have a standby lawyer for me who helps communicate  with them.

The pretrail guy talked about paying to have me sent to Concord. I told the judge that would be great. He joked that the feds are not going to spend 20 times the  amount of the ticket to get me to NH.

the private jail "Community Education Center" was pretty crummy. The feds pay $50/day to keep me there compared to almost $200 in NH. I had sun on my skin for 20 minutes this week.

[John]

the feds are not going to spend 20 times the  amount of the ticket to get me to NH.

Just as a point of reference: I seem to recall that "by their own rules" you are "entitled" to be "tried" in the place where the "crime" was committed.

"So, YOU NEED TO ..." bla bla bla.   

[KBCraig]

the private jail "Community Education Center" was pretty crummy.

That outfit really sucks. They run the local jail here, and it's bad.

[Pat K]

Glad your out Russell.

[Russell Kanning]

thanks for the help guys and good wishes
the guys in jail wanted me to write their names next time. I said it might take a while before i get up the nerve to write on the walls again, but I will post their comments. They also want me to tell the world how bad the holding jail is.
the most common "offense" now is "conspiracy" .... like conspiracy to sell drugs

[Tom Sawyer]

Hey Russell would you relate some of your experience from disappearing down the fed rabbit hole?

[Russell Kanning]

yea .... i need to slowly post all the details
it was much like the other times for us

[Russell Kanning]

when i got to the jail they decided to let me keep my glasses, but took my wedding ring
as they took it ... I told them that when I left they would not be ready to hand it to me. I guess I am starting to know these jails. Partly it is because I leave a lot quicker than they are used to.
This jail was incredibly sloppy, but they didn't have any of the cop thug types like most other jails.

[KBCraig]

This jail was incredibly sloppy, but they didn't have any of the cop thug types like most other jails.

The one thing that's "better" (if you can call it that) about private jails, is that they usually pay barely above minimum wage and have a huge turnover, and staff often either have their hands out, or are at least silently hoping for a bribe.

[Russell Kanning]

these guys were making $9/hr and were constantly quiting

[Kat Kanning]

We retrieved his wedding ring today.

[John]

:-)

[KBCraig]

We retrieved his wedding ring today.