I got a line to hang up all my clothes that’s stretched across the room.
My [cellie], he got two lines. He got another string that’s wrapped where he can hang his towel down. Then he got the long line for his clothes, for when I got my clothes up and he ain’t got nowhere to put his clothes.
We make it simple. It’s basically his clothesline and my clothesline. But if he ever needs the space or I ain’t got enough, he always can use mine and vice versa. – J Keith
J Keith the Writer speaks out from Cook County Jail so that people will “hear our voices.” In his over ten years pretrial, J Keith has become a legal advocate, representing himself in civil lawsuits advocating for better conditions and fair proceedings. He is the only child to his parents and a father of six, two boys and four girls. He is also a grandfather of two.
S.P. is an artist from Chicago. Clothesline is his first visual for the Weekly.