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ALBANY, GA. -- Jail Diary Part Two – Inmates question me

• Are you part white? 
  • Yes – does that matter?  They say yes and explain how they need to know if I’m for “us or them”.  I ask them to explain more and they say they need to know if I’m on the black or white side while behind bars.  The inmate next to me is Hispanic…I ask what side she’s on.  She says behind bars if you’re not white – your black.
• Is that your real hair?  Can I touch it? 
  • Yes, this is all my real hair, no you cannot touch it.
• Are you a bull dagger (lesbian)? 
  • No
• How many kids do you have? 
  • None

• What are you in for? 
  • Writing bad checks
• Your pretty…do you have Botox? 
  • Thank you, and no.
• Where do you live? 
  • Albany
• What school did you go to?  Doesn’t seem like you’re from Albany. 
  • I’m from Cobb County Georgia
• Why aren’t you married…what’s wrong with you? 
  • Nothing is wrong with me.  I haven’t met the right guy that I want to spend the rest of my life with.
• Can I have your dinner?  New girls never eat their dinner. 
  • I’m going to try to eat my sandwich.
• Are you a Christian? 
  • Yes
• Do you smoke? 
  • No
• Are you sure you’re straight?  You’re 27 and have no kids…you clearly aren’t having sex with men so you must be gay.  You sure you’re not gay? 
  • Yes I’m sure I’m not gay!  Why do you think I’m gay?  Inmate says: “Because where we come from everyone is having sex so girls get pregnant and have a baby usually before they’re 18. So if you don’t have a kid and your getting old that means you haven’t been having sex with men so you’re obviously having sex with women.
• Who’s putting money on your books? 
  • No one
• Who’s on your list of visitors? 
  • No one
• Will you pray for me? 
  • What would you like me to pray for specifically?  She answers that this is her last time in jail.  I say sure.
• Are you an undercover cop? 
  • No!  I swear to you I don’t work for the APD, ADDU, Sheriff’s Department, Jail, or any law enforcement agency!  Why do you think I do?  One says because I don’t look like typical inmate.
• I think I have a crush on you, do you like me? 
  • I don’t know you – and for the last time I’m not a lesbian.
• Have you ever traveled outside of Albany? 
  • Yes…I’ve been to multiple states and a few foreign countries
• How much schooling do you have? 
  • I went to college.  (I specifically held back that I have a master’s degree)
• You ever killed anyone? 
  • Nope, and I hope I never have to.
• Are you pregnant? 
  • Nope, why do I look fat?!?  (they laugh)  I don’t get it!  First you think I’m a lesbian and now you think I’m pregnant!  (they laugh)
• How many tattoos do you have? 
  • None

It was incredibly interesting to hear the questions and see how they responded to my answers.  They were really stuck on the fact that I’m 27-years-old, have never been married, and have no children.  That alone they thought qualified me to be a lesbian.  They explained that straight girls from their neighborhoods had multiple children by the time they were my age.  I explained I can’t afford a child, and I prefer to get married first and they laughed at me.

I changed some of the language in the question section because some of the inmates had what most could consider an extremely vulgar vocabulary.