Silver Lake Sentinnel - Reporter Donna

We got to make an unexpected visit to the Pima County Jail here in Tucson down on Silverlake today. Missy is still in custody here and will be untill next week. It is a good news-bad news kind of thing. She is in isolation here and very lonely, and conditions aren't great. She can have one thirty minute video visit a week and one fifteen minute phone call a day. It took me all week to figure the dynamics of this out,and to get the news to her but we got it figured out. Davey and I surprised the boys and picked them up from a half day at school and told them we were going to see their mom. We told them to think of some interesting things to tell her about their week and some questions they wanted answered. We checked in and waited our turn then crowded around a twenty inch video screen and waited for her face to pop up. When it did, she was grinning ear to ear and she said she was so happy to see her "boys". She looks great and well rested said she in a cell by herself had gotten a bible and book to read. She is allowed out one hour per day and wants every one to know the first day was hard but now she is doing fine. The food is mostly unrecognizable but she is trying to eat or drink the best quality calories she can. The visit was very happy as we were really not expecting to be able to see her at all until after she went through intake in Phoenix, weeks from now. The boys were fascinated by her new environment and were not intimidated at all. Missy has purchased pencil and paper and stamps, if it arrives before she is transferred she will post a letter. Keep the faith, it can move mountains!