Word: jaile
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...grilles into minimum-, medium- and maximum-security seating. They cannot see the shadowy outline of the snow-capped Wasatch mountains because the only windows on the bus are narrow and situated high above their heads. The bus lurches to a stop, and an officer cheerily calls out, "Welcome to jail. Does anyone want to be handcuffed...
...Robbery, I guess," says Matthew Ostler, 14. He has been body searched, hustled through metal detectors and photographed for a mug shot. Dressed in a faded black T shirt and baggy khakis instead of jail stripes, he has a hangdog demeanor. He was caught trespassing on elementary school grounds and trying to steal a bike last fall. The law dealt with him lightly (a $75 fine); tonight is his dad's turn...
...Want to go to the padded cell?" the guard asks testily. One guest, an architect who has vowed to break out of the jail, is already pacing one of the three padded cells reserved for "noncompliants." Matthew shakes his head and goes to get fingerprinted...
...morning, Matthew is raring to go home. "I feel trapped," he says, as he awaits his release papers. "I don't want to be here." The feeling is mutual. The jail staff hopes never to see him again...
...Yeah, I heard," Lee replied. The agent persisted. "You know Aldrich Ames? He's going to rot in jail." When Lee tried to leave, pleading fatigue, an agent warned, "if you walk out that door today...I can't stop the people from polygraphing your wife...