Jail is not a pretty place to be. It's not supposed to be comfortable or a walk in the park. In fact, the times I've been down at our old jail to notarize papers, the visiting room for inmates is a zoo. Fortunately, I was in the relative privacy of one of the attorney visiting rooms. I haven't had the privilege of visiting the new jail as yet. It's an honor I'd rather pass on.
I'm sorry that I wasn't clearer. She wasn't in jail. Her husband was arrested. The visits were home visits. CPS checking on her. She was sweet and naive and her children adored her. When her Mom bought her a new chair, the caseworker raised hell and yelled how selfish she was, that the kids grandma should have spent the money on them, but the kids didn't "want" for anything. The caseworker was outrageous. It took months and a lot of slander but the caseworker finally alienated the teenage daughter. After the Moms death and the teen girl gained a little maturity she realized how she'd been manipulated. All 4 kids are in therapy and very bitter, against CPS. In their zeal, they seriously injured the innocent. That caseworker was fired. My concern with CPS is there is great potential for abuse of power and no authority to oversee them. I've personally seen a case where an abused child was left in the home, despite hard evidence of abuse, and the other case where innocents were shredded. There HAS to be some sanity and oversight to prevent the abuses.