days, weeks, maybe months. It’s the
same way in America. If you’re
poor, if you don’t know how the
system works, you can slip through
the cracks, and the next thing you
know you’re in this weird purgatory
where you’re not in prison but
you’re not not in prison. You
haven’t been convicted of any
crime, but you’re still locked up and
can’t get out.
This cop pulled me aside and
said, “Listen, you don’t want to go
to your bail hearing. They’ll give
you a state attorney who won’t
know what’s going on. He’ll have no
time for you. He’ll ask the judge for