From the time of his arrest on July 16, 2001 the programmer managed to stay in 4 jails - in Las Vegas (Nevada), Oklahoma (Oklahoma), Santa Clair and finally San Jose (California). In Sklyarov's words, the conditions of American

15:26 2001-08-10 DMITRY SKLYAROV: CHIPS SERVED FOR LUNCH IN AMERICAN JAIL Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is comparing the condition in American jails with the building group or young warrior courses. "One can't intimidate us with American jail!",- said Sklyarov. penitentiaries are similar to the works Sklyarov had to do in the building group during his student summer holidays or they reminded young warrior courses in the army. Sklyarov surely said he had to adjust himself like for example breakfast in the San Jose jail was served at 4 a.m. in the morning, lunch - at 11 a.m. and dinner - at 5 p.m. For his lunch Dmitry had chips (14 grams), 2 pieces of bread with sausage, some other little things and something to drink. "It is allowed to buy food with your own money if you have any", - Sklyarov said. If you wish you can work in the jail getting 18 cents per hour, RIA Novosti informed. There were 60 people in the cell of the Las Vegas jail where Dmitry Sklyarov was: the people on trial and those who will have to face the court in the future. The people were sleeping on two-level bunks, the attitude between the people was sympathetic and understanding. One of Sklyarovms cell-mates told him the state was paying $300 daily for each person in jail. Sklyarov is optimistic about the things that happened to him, he is still hopeful he will soon see his family. The office of the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco renders him some help in this respect. The session devoted to Dmitry Sklyarovms pending case will take place August 23 in San Jose. The courtms decision will show if the case is over or is going to develop. Dmitry Sklyarov was released on bail with an obligation not to leave the territory of North California until there is the final decision made on his case. He visited the Russian Federation Consulate General in San Francisco on Thursday. Sklyarov arrived at the office with 2 lawyers. They warned their client to withhold any comments to the media until the court session takes place August 23. http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/08/10/12241.html ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/