I stayed in the remand centre for three days recently and it was horrible. unhygienic, fed us twice a day and ONLY ham/cheese with plain bread sandwiches with gross oranges every time. i didn't receive my medications (all 10) that I am prescribed by a doctor to me at all. As I began not only coming off my meds and other drugs plus methadone, having symptoms of depression, anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, insomnia, and was getting a fever sweats chills the whole nine that comes with a fever and withdrawals including horrific focial dystonia attacks (I am also diagnosed with) - may I also add how humiliated I was. I looked and acted possessed. Like a "flailer" but x10. It was uncontrollable. It got worst and worst as the hours went by and I remember laying in a tiny cell with 10 or 12 other inmates waiting to see the judge for 6hrs having the nurses pass by and me including the other girls bang on the window begging them for my
medication as I did not look good nor was I acting straight. The girls were more concerned for my safety than the nurses as the nurses shrugged us off and yelled "NO" and kept walking by. I also continued to press the button for help from the guards and they just ignored me or proceeded to yell at me and threaten me to shut up and calm down, and told me they can't help me.
It was a horrible experience. It makes me want to never wanna break the law just so I don't have to end up there. Not to mention how rude the nurse at the booking process was. How they wouldn't let me call
My Lawyer Or anyone when I got arrested or got to the remand. Made me pull my underwear out and flash them because they thought I had something on me IN FRONT OF MALE OFFICERS AT THAT! absolutely unacceptable. The only one that was nice to me and treated me fairly was the judge himself. Lastly they didn't even call me by my last name or whatever number I forget what it's called now. They just called me "girl" once I got into the main population. Like how rude ? I rate this facility a 2/10. Give it an F. FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS and more. Honestly, worst Experience ever. Nightmare!!! read more