Life inside the Remand Centre was nothing like John had imagined or experienced. The noise was unbearable. The sounds were harsh. Men called out. Doors clanged. Bells rang. The lights never went out. The guards dictated his daily routine.
John felt like a caged animal and yearned for the space and familiar silence of the farm, the silence of the great outdoors which was only broken by the sounds of nature. The only way he could find that silence and sense of spaciousness in his cell was to block out his surroundings and withdraw into himself.
And, it wasn’t only the noise. There was also the fear, a dread he hadn’t anticipated. He’d never been locked up with criminals before, men who were more familiar with the criminal justice system and knew how to intimidate others. John had always th
