Still kicking.  Don't give up the fight.  The fight within.  The court.  In my case I was treated fairly.  I was pretty lucky to get nine months for what I did.  I have seventy three counts of fraud up to one quarter million...  I think the ordeal I had to go through in court, though, is really disgusting.  I know one woman who really got shafted.  Her lawyer traded her for someone else.  She should've walked for what she did but she got time so some other guy could walk.  My lawyer said I've made serious efforts to rehabilitate myself so the judge agreed that nine months was enough.  The reason I'm in here is because of drugs.  I'm an addict.  When I need my drug I need my drug so it doesn't matter.  I just did what I had to do.  I found a way to get what I needed.

Melodie Newfield
Inmate, Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women
1995 22"x15"  
watercolour on rag paper
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