Salt Lake County Jail

Closing Advice

Interview with Mickey, Nate and Anne


JM: Is there anything else you would want a friend or family member to know if they have a loved one going to jail?
Mickey: Try to set up a phone account, or make sure yours can accept collect calls from the jail, check on-line to see where the prisoner is located in the jail regularly to see if they've been moved, and check what days are their visiting days. Visit as much as you can. Put money on their books, write them letters and talk to their lawyer for them.
Nate: Just pray for them. It sucks.
Anne: I didn't know about money on the books.,. that is KEY. You could starve to death if you have none.

JM: Is there anything else you would recommend to a future inmate?
Mickey: Check out books from the library as soon as possible, drink 5 or more cups of water at night to keep you from feeling too hungry. Get a commissary order in as soon as possible, don't front anybody food off of commissary, go to all the 12-step meetings, go to LDS services, get in a program if possible, apply to work in the kitchen or as a house-mouse or any other job as soon as possible, call as many people as you can before you are taken from the area where you get checked in (the calls are free), find some friends, do physical exercise as much as possible, and just stay busy however possible.
Nate: Go once and don't ever go back!!
Anne: Don't Go