Susan Martin’s 33-year-old son, Christian, has been detained at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton since the summer.
She brought his 7-year-old daughter to visit him in custody for the first time sometime in July or August, but the phones in the visiting booths weren’t working. Jail officials said they’d have to reschedule.
“I started crying for (his daughter) because she doesn’t understand, and it’s heartbreaking for him, because you can just see each other through the glass. It’s thick, (and) you can’t hear each other through that. It’s upsetting to a child who wants to see their parent, and it’s also upsetting to him, because he wants to talk to his little girl.”…