(03-10-2022 07:50 PM)fsquid Wrote: Kinda surprised he got real time.
I’m honestly stunned that he’ll spend even one day in custody, so we’re in agreement there.
I’ll add, though: I’ve been practicing in Georgia for more than 20 years. “Real time” has usually implied something more than 150 days in county jail.
Although I knew a middle-class guy who was locked up in New Orleans for 2-3 months right after Katrina, and he was deeply traumatized by that. So there’s exceptions.
150 days in Cook County in jail is like 3 years at Alcatraz.
I wonder if that is one reason the judge did that. Usually anything over 6 months, you go to a state run prison. State one is probably nicer than cook county.
Quote:Actor and convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett is incarcerated in the psychiatric ward, his brother has claimed.
“So Jussie is currently in a psych ward at the Cook County Jail. What’s very concerning is that there was a note attached to his paperwork today and put in front of his jail cell saying that he’s at risk of self-harm,” his brother Jocqui Smollett said, The Daily Mail reported.
He asked supporters to create posts with the hashtag #FreeJussie.
“I want to make it clear to folks that he is in no way, shape, or form at risk of self-harm,” he said.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said that the actor is not being held in solitary confinement but did not deny that he was in a psychiatric ward.
“The use of solitary confinement was abolished at the Cook County Jail in 2016, and any claims that he is being held in this manner is false,” the office said.
“Mr. Smollett is being housed in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras in the cell and by an officer wearing a body worn camera who is stationed at the entrance of the cell to ensure that Mr. Smollett is under direct observation at all times.
“As with all detained persons, Mr. Smollett is entitled to have substantial time out of his cell in the common areas on the tier where he is housed, where he is able to use the telephone, watch television, and interact with staff. During such times out of cell, other detainees will not be present in the common areas,” it said.
“These protocols are routinely used for individuals ordered into protective custody who may potentially be at risk of harm due to the nature of their charges, their profession, or their noteworthy status. The safety and security of all detained individuals, including Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Office’s highest priority,” it said.
This comes after the former “Empire” star was sentenced to 150 days behind bars, a $25,000 fine, 30 months of probation and ordered to pay restitution to the city of Chicago.
After he was sentenced, the convicted hate crime hoaxer repeatedly proclaimed that he was not suicidal, which caused concern for some and has led to the need for him to now undergo a mental evaluation.
Smollett shouted after the verdict “I am not suicidal,” as he continued to proclaim his innocence. “I DID NOT DO THIS. I’m not suicidal. If anything happens to me when I go in there, you must all know that. Jail time, I am not suicidal,” he said.
Walking out of the court he continued shouting “I’m not suicidal and I’m innocent. I could have said I was guilty a long time ago.”
CNN reported:
Smollett, who is Black and gay, told Chicago police that on a frigid night in January 2019 two unknown men attacked him, yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him, poured bleach on him, and wrapped a noose around his neck.
Chicago police investigated the case as a possible hate crime but soon determined the actor orchestrated the incident. They said he paid two brothers he knew from the Fox drama “Empire” to stage the incident for publicity.
The brothers, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, were among seven witnesses for the prosecution at the trial. They testified that Smollett directed them and paid them to stage the attack in an attempt to garner sympathetic media coverage.
They said that they fake punched him, poured bleach on him, put a noose around his neck, and used racist and homophobic slurs – because he told them to.
Smollett testified in his own defense and said he paid the brothers only for training advice and nutritional tips. He cast doubt on their true motivations and said he had a sexual relationship with one of the brothers, which the brother denied.
“Per jail protocol, Mr. Smollett will be tested for COVID-19 upon intake and will be offered vaccination if he has not previously been vaccinated for the virus, or the booster shot if he has already been vaccinated,” the Cook County Sheriff’s office said. “Currently, out of the more than 6,000 individuals ordered into custody at the jail, just 12 are positive for COVID-19 – all of whom were identified as positive during the intake process.”
The sheriff’s office said that Smollett “will be given a comprehensive medical, mental health, and security assessment and will be placed in appropriate housing.”
(03-13-2022 12:48 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: “Mr. Smollett is being housed in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras in the cell and by an officer wearing a body worn camera who is stationed at the entrance of the cell to ensure that Mr. Smollett is under direct observation at all times.
“As with all detained persons, Mr. Smollett is entitled to have substantial time out of his cell in the common areas on the tier where he is housed, where he is able to use the telephone, watch television, and interact with staff. During such times out of cell, other detainees will not be present in the common areas,” it said.
“These protocols are routinely used for individuals ordered into protective custody who may potentially be at risk of harm due to the nature of their charges, their profession, or their noteworthy status. The safety and security of all detained individuals, including Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Office’s highest priority,”
So he is stilll getting special treatment …. Fuk Him
(03-13-2022 12:48 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: “Mr. Smollett is being housed in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras in the cell and by an officer wearing a body worn camera who is stationed at the entrance of the cell to ensure that Mr. Smollett is under direct observation at all times.
“As with all detained persons, Mr. Smollett is entitled to have substantial time out of his cell in the common areas on the tier where he is housed, where he is able to use the telephone, watch television, and interact with staff. During such times out of cell, other detainees will not be present in the common areas,” it said.
“These protocols are routinely used for individuals ordered into protective custody who may potentially be at risk of harm due to the nature of their charges, their profession, or their noteworthy status. The safety and security of all detained individuals, including Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Office’s highest priority,”
So he is stilll getting special treatment …. Fuk Him
Exactly, as per the video, Jessie is narcissistic and such people love themselves so much that they will not actually harm themselves. They might fake it like some "cutters" do (is that what they're call those girls that want attention and cut themselves in the arm?) but he won't commit suicide. He just wants more attention, a "poor me scenario".
(03-13-2022 08:09 PM)Todor Wrote: Make jokes about suicide, even in the negative, and they know you aren’t right and start taking every precaution to CYA.
This.
Quote:Nice “performance” for the cameras. Too bad his smart ass comment got him in the rubber room lol.
That might have been his true intention the whole time.
(03-13-2022 12:48 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: “Mr. Smollett is being housed in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras in the cell and by an officer wearing a body worn camera who is stationed at the entrance of the cell to ensure that Mr. Smollett is under direct observation at all times.
“As with all detained persons, Mr. Smollett is entitled to have substantial time out of his cell in the common areas on the tier where he is housed, where he is able to use the telephone, watch television, and interact with staff. During such times out of cell, other detainees will not be present in the common areas,” it said.
“These protocols are routinely used for individuals ordered into protective custody who may potentially be at risk of harm due to the nature of their charges, their profession, or their noteworthy status. The safety and security of all detained individuals, including Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Office’s highest priority,”
So he is stilll getting special treatment …. Fuk Him
USually high risk inmates get this treatment.
Perhaps NOT committing a crime worthy of incarceration would solve any need for this treatment.
Quote:Jussie Smollett castmate Taraji P. Henson compared the convicted hate hoaxer to lynching victim Emmitt Till in an Instagram post with the hashtag "#FreeJussie."
The "Empire" star posted on to Instagram with the hashtag calling for Smollett's release. Smollett is reportedly being kept in Cook County Jail's psych ward.
"I am not here to debate you on his innocence," Henson wrote in the Instagram post Sunday, following Smollett's sentencing. "But we can agree that the punishment does not fit the crime. Emmett Till was brutally beat and ultimately murdered because of a lie, and none of the people involved with his demise spent one day in jail, even after Carolyn Bryant admitted that her claims were false."
"No one was hurt or killed during Jussie's ordeal. He has already lost everything, EVERYTHING! To me as an artist not able to create that in itself is punishment enough. He can't get a job. No one in Hollywood will hire him and again as an artist who loves to create, that is prison," Henson continued in the post.
"My prayer is that he is freed and put on house arrest and probation because in this case that would seem fair. Please #freejussie," Henson concluded.
Disgraced actor Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in Cook County jail, and 30 months of felony probation, as well as restitution of $120,106 and a $25,000 fine, following his high-profile conviction in December.
After receiving his sentence, Smollett broke out in shouts of "I am not suicidal. I am innocent." Smollett said in his lengthy courtroom outburst: "If I did this, that it means that I stuck my fist in the fears of black Americans in this country for over 400 years and the fears of the LGBTQ. Your Honor, I respect you and I respect the jury, but I did not do this and I am not suicidal. If anything happens to me when I go in there. I did not do it to myself. And you must all know that."
Smollett was set to undergo a mental health assessment after the meltdown. Sources told TMZ that Smollett believes he's only in jail because's he's black.
