NRC / Northern Reception & Classification Center AKA NOBODY REALLY CARES
May 5th 2022
FYI:
The Northern Reception and Classification Center is the state of illinois' processing center for all adult males in the northern district of illinois who have now pled guilty or were unfortunately found guilty and sentenced to their time. Here at the NRC you are housed , screened, classified and sent to the jail that you, your health condition and most importantly crime fits.
I had heard about the NRC or " nobody really cares ' for several months now by the time i had arrived. This would be my 3rd stop. #1 being the police station years before when i first got arrested. #2 was the cook county jail that same day of my arrest and now , 5 days earlier i turned myself in a my last court date and i sat in the cook county jail for 5 days while i awaited this dreaded bus trip. I was told about all the horrors of NRC for months as i awaited my impending doom and certain imprisonment.
After actually arriving at the NRC after a hour or so ride from #COOKCOUNTYJAIL we (meaning the bus full of todays catch) being shifted from cell to cell in an endless conveyor belt where we changed from cell to cell. The countless hurdles we went through ranged from the mandatory health station to the physchological screening center and onto the picture taking identification process and aids testing etc etc. it never stopped..
By the time i was finally assigned a cell that night, i was tired and ready to get this sentence underway. Luckily my cellie or cell mate was a young kid with some sense who he himself had just copped out to his chargees after he had spent 4 years in #CookCountyJail fighting his case. i think his case was for carjacking if im not mistaken. He shared with me that he fought his case since he was but 17 years old and how he was offered 30 years at first, then 25, then 20, then at last he was offered 10 years in which he accepted. at this point he'd be a year out from release based on the 50% time rule here in illinois where you only have to do half of the time in most cases.
While being housed with this kid for about two weeks in the #NRC he revealed to me that before his arrest he was actively being scouted by #rapalot records and its ceo J prince and his sons. He told me that J. Prince wrote the judge a letter on his behalf and that he feels thats why he got the lesser time. Once again im in jail. Everybody be lying. Making themselves bigger than they really are. With me, ill beleive you until you show me one ounce of deceit. Then your no good to me..
I dont know why, but for some reason I feel like Jail is what i needed . ( i wrote that down so i guess i felt that way this day) We are housed on the top tier with a small slit in the door that you cam look out of but cant see much. In this 6 X 8 cell with a metal bunk bed shared with this kid There's no T.V. , No radio. Only a toilet that flushed for 60 seconds every time you flushed it and a steel painted desk. It was so small in our cell that we never stood up in the cell together or we would be too close to each other for comfort, and when we had to go the other cellmate faced the wall and put a sheet over our heads to give the other a bit of privacy lol.
The only positive i can speak of regarding The #NRC is how i immediately started working out, so much so that i influenced my younger skinnier celly to join in on my daily excercise routine. this was caused mostly by boredom and By day two i had it in my head to do 200 pushups 200 sit ups and 200 squats per day. And i did for awhile. From the top tier we couldnt see anything but the guards walking pass counting each inmate and the other inmates who brought food to our cell door 3 times a day and pushed the tray and spoiled milks through a small rectangular slot. Other than that we were all we had, outside of the screaming hollering and banging on cell doors from 1 of the many many inmates caged all around us.
I personally feel like i deserve every bad thing that has happened or come my way based on my past actions and words. Every loss , every time a friend has betrayed me or girl has lied and played me, i can find a place, time or thing that i did that i was in the wrong for and can understand why things happened to me. Thats me being 40 and accepting responsibility for past shit. I only pray to god for strength to get through things and better myself , i never pray for vengeance or hope that others fail.
We are told that there's no time frame as far as us being sent or transferred to our respective homes (prison) where its more comfortable, and they have freedom , TV's and social perks. I will admit that i have never been or felt so helpless, clueless , or thoughtless than i do know thsi day March 5th 2022 in this damn #NRC . Im told We get to shower Thursdays and Sundays. There's tons of messages, sayings and most of all Gang Graffitti sprawled on every speck of our cell walls but the one that stuck out to me ,and i choose to share with you, is the one that is written right above my top bunk, stuck in my head and heart
READ THIS EVERY NIGHT !!
LORD!! GOD. PLEASE HELP ME FIND PEACE IN MY TIMES OF WORRY.
FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING MY FREEDOM FOR GRANTED.
HELP ME GET BACK HOME TO MY FAMILY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
HELP ME CHANGE MY WAYS FOR THE BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR LIFE & FOR LIFE ITSELF THANK YOU
AMEN
TREE
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