The captivity experience, l'expérience de la captivité

The captivity experience

My name is Travis, I am 31 years old and I am sitting on Death Row in Texas.

Can the experience of relating how it feels to be in captivity be only understood thru actual confinement? With that in mind I feel my experiment is the next best thing to captivity, so a person can get a general idea of what it’s like to be in solitude. First thing is to pick a weekend, Saturday or Sunday, where someone will be at your home/theirs. The bathroom in the apartment is going to be used as your cell. At 6pm on a Friday take a book, magazine or newspaper to the bathroom for reading purposes. Also take a sheet and blanket to lay on the floor as your bed. Once you are inside the bathroom you cannot come out for any reason (not at all) until 6:00pm on Sunday. The person there with you, is to bring you 3 meals each day. Breakfast is to be at 3:00am of 3 pancakes (palm size), 4 ounces of oatmeal and 4 ounces of apple sauce. Lunch is at 10:00am. With 3 different vegetables of 4 ounces each, one small meat course and 2 slices of bread. Dinner is at 4:00 pm and the food option is the same as lunch. You will love it! When the person serves your meals they are not talk to you in anyway. Just open the door, give you your food. If there is a shower, in the bathroom you can use it once a day. If not, you can leave the bathroom for a shower but must come right back after. Whatever you choose to do to occupy your time is up to you. About once an hour the person there with you should open the door and look in to check on you but say nothing. If you want you can also take a pen a paper with you also. As you come out on Sunday evening write down your feelings and thoughts of what you felt. Did this help you better understand my situation? Freely, give me your opinions on the blog!

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Je m'appelle Travis, j'ai 31 ans et je suis incarcéré dans le couloir de la mort du Texas.

Je souhaiterais partager avec vous ce que l’on ressent en captivité. On ne peut le comprendre sans se retrouver réellement enfermé. Voici un petit exercice qui vous permettra d’avoir une idée générale de la vie enfermée avec comme seule amie, la solitude.
Tout d’abord, choisissez un week-end, un samedi ou un dimanche, où quelqu'un sera à votre disposition à la maison. Réquisitionnez votre salle de bains pour en faire votre cellule. Vendredi, 18h00, équipé d’un livre, un magasine ou un journal direction la salle de bains. N’oubliez pas de vous munir d’une couverture… Une fois enfermé, il n’est plus question de sortir pour un oui ou un non et ce jusque dimanche 18h ! La personne, conjoint, copine, frère ou mère a pour mission de vous apporter 3 repas par jour. Voici les horaires : Le déjeuner doit être servi à 3h00 du matin, au menu 3 pancakes, 4 cuillères de céréales et un peu de sirop d’érable. Le déjeuner vous sera servi à 10h00 : Avec 3 sorte de légumes, un peu de viande et 2 tranches de pain. Enfin le dîner servi à 16h00, le repas est le même qu’à midi. Vous allez adorer ! On s’entend sur le fait que la personne qui sert vos repas, n’en profite pas pour bavarder ou vous tenir compagnie ! Entrouvrez la porte, et c’est tout ! Les douches sont autorisées : une fois par jour. Vous pouvez libérez la salle de bain, et oui les autres peuvent se laver mais n’en profitez pas pour mettre un terme à l’expérience. Vous êtes libre de vous occuper comme vous le souhaitez. Au fait, une fois par heure votre « gardien » doit ouvrir la porte qui vous sépare de l’extérieur et regarder à l’intérieur pour vérifier ce qui se passe. Vous pouvez emporter un stylo et du papier de manière à noter vos impressions, vos sentiments et surtout de m’en faire part par la suite via le blog. Racontez-moi également si cette expérience vous a rapproché de moi… sentez-vous libre de me dire ce que vous en pensez !

Voir le blog de Travis : In Death Row : ma vie dans le couloir de la mort

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