How I let them down. In jail you are not treated like a person, and you start to feel like an animal. The tension is high. I tried to keep to myself and stay out of trouble. The whole time I was in there I kept thinking about all of the things I would do differently when I got out.
People really take their freedom for granted.
I know because I did. You never think you will spend time in jail, and you can't prepare yourself for the things you see or experience. It is the small things that you don't think about when you have freedom, like the air and how it is clean and not recycled, riding in a car, eating dinner at a restaurant, watching a movie, taking a walk, riding a bike. This experience, I feel, made me a better person. I realized I can just about do anything I set my mind on.