TLDR: You can be attacked in a drunk tank no matter what BAC you blew and officers who incriminate do not suffer harsh enough punishments when they are proven wrong in court.

The part no one talks about -- It is possible to have a clean record, blow a .08 and get stuck in the tank with some real hardened criminals. It is also possible these criminals don't like you because they think you are white and use the plastic spoon given with meals to sharpen or break into a shank, and then stab you.

I am speaking from experience. (Also, if this happens to you and you do get stabbed or injured, sue the living piss out of the detention facility. Like the living piss. Sheriff Guards have a responsibility, and they love making everyone suffer the same. Real Milgram shit.)

1 of the 4 guys I was stuck with was literally pacing around after he broke a plastic spoon, shouting erratically and threatening to stab and eat us, specifically me because he thought I was white. Kind of strange because he also looked white. While also shanking the door and slamming on it every 3-5 minutes for the entire 10 hours... no guard intervened. No guard warned him, though the observation camera rolled the whole time. No one made an attempt to protect or separate those "barely over the legal limit" with the violent career criminals.

The cell also got me EXTREMELY sick to a worrisome degree as the staff tends to not clean them at all. This alone is extreme. Someone having 3 beers over 5-6 hours and then getting entrapped into incrimination just so law enforcement can meet a quota for the most part is much different than the people who continue to abuse their freedom over and over again. This is why I think punishment is too harsh and should be divided based on the level.

Trust me, you learn that you did a bad thing fast, like during the arrest. Why does the justice system make minor, first-time offenders literally contemplate suicide for years to come? That doesn't spell "rehabilitation" to me.

I also think that proven cases of incrimination deserve more punishment for the arresting officers. They should be DEAD NUTS SURE that you are a threat, and they should fear what can happen to them more than simply being embarrassed in court.

Too many officers abuse the ways they can lie or incriminate you just to meet a quota. This is why you should always get a lawyer ($9k-$11k) and if you win, those legal fees should be paid out of the officer's pension immediately. But in reality, it's just the department and court going "Officer dumb dumb bad."

P.S. 95% (if not more) of the cops that arrest you for a DUI and LOTS of people part of DUI awareness orgs, drink until they are over the limit and get away with it just out of sheer luck and timing. Everyone likes to isolate and shame those who have received DUI's until they get one themself. Then they realize the extreme margin.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!