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FC: Tell us about... when were you put in solitary, and why?

JO: Well, I was put into solitary within three minutes of my being arrested -- jailed in Cheyenne.

FC: Could you repeat that? Sounded a little, not clear. You were arrested, you were put in solitary within three minutes?

JO: Yeah, three, four minutes.

FC: Being processed in Cheyenne.

JO: Well, I could go back a little further.

FC: Yeah, and so, to your arrest then, you were picked up in Denver?

JO: I was picked up in Denver and taken to Cheyenne. And let's see... how was it? Originally I was placed into the regular hold, but in three or four minutes they took me out again and put me into solitary.

FC: And what did you have in solitary, TV set, no, radio?

JO: We didn't have anything in solitary except a pitcher of water and a basin, no towel.

FC: Shaving material?

JO: No shaving, no nothing. I wasn't allowed to have anything except just cigarettes.

FC: You weren't allowed reading, you weren't allowed to have anything. Books, pencils, paper?

JO: I asked them for reading materials which was denied me. My wife left some magazines on the reception desk for them to give it to me. We don't know what happened to them. She also bought me a razor, a new razor, and left it there. We don't know whatever happened to that, and I had nothing.

FC: Did you smoke at the time?

JO: Yes, that's the only thing they allowed me to have, a cigarette if I asked for it. I never asked for it. But when the Fair Play Committee leaders came in, they asked for me and they sent me up a pack of cigarettes and a bar of candy. [Laughs]

FC: Were you allowed to have candy?

JO: Well, they gave it to me so... [laughs]

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