Inside this Place and Throwing Stones 11/29

Summary: The first interview was about Ashley Jacobs who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was sent to jail because she stole money from both of the jobs that she worked at. When she was sent to jail she was pregnant. Although she didn't show any signs of going into labor she still had to have her baby in jail. She was sort of forced into having a c-section. Shortly after she was forced to have the baby in jail she was released. When she was released she realized that she could do better so she started turning her life around. The second story in Inside This Place is about Theresa Martinez who was born in Los Angeles,California. Theresa has spent her life in and out of jail. At a very young age she was sent to live with her grandparents after she was taken from her parents. She left her grandparents house to go back and live with her mom. When she moved in with her mom she changed a lot, she started going out a lot and started doing a lot of drugs. When she was young she was sent to juve multiple times, then eventually she was sent to prison. She had her baby in prison. It seemed that she did even worse in prison because she would do more drugs. Whenever she got out of prison she wasn't clean, she would be doing worse drugs. All the drugs she did caused her to have many different side affects. In jail the doctors tested her blood and said she was HIV positive but she really wasn't. She was given medication in order to treat the HIV, so that medication affected her body very badly because she did not have HIV. The third interview was about Sergio Diaz who was born in El Jobo ,Bolivar, Colombia. Sergio loved to play soccer. Growing up he lived in a town that was really affected by the military. It was extremely dangerous to live where he lived. One day he went out with his dad and he accidentally stepped on a land mine. The land mine blew off his leg, which caused him to have to learn how to walk with a prosthetic leg. This was very difficult for him. Especially because he loved soccer.


Comment: These stories were extremely interesting. Reading about Theresa and all the things she went through and all the drugs that she did was crazy. She did a lot of different drugs and they affected her body in a lot of different ways. I don't think I could ever do that many drugs and have my body feeling very poorly. I think the story about Sergio was very sad too. I think reading his story made me even more sad because I also love playing soccer. I wouldn't ever be able to imagine losing my leg and having to stop playing the sport that I love.