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Jal and gossip For the men who end up in the jail for more than a year, waiting to stand trial and get sen- tenced, the time is almost un- bearable. "The worst thing about being in here is the boredeom, man. It's the boredom. "All you can do is sleep and eat and read," said a Six Nations man charged with attempted theft. The native inmate program breaks that boredom, for a while. Ms. King says it's difficult to run the sessions, since the men aren't always in the mood to talk. The most important thing is to gain their trust and respect "You've just got to be with them, let them lmow you don't think you're better than them," she said. The work pays off when she sees men she helped in jail at the Pine Tree centre or in the city. "Some day I hope to come in here and not have a native in- mate. That would really be some- thing. But the guards say it hasn't happened yet." Bnan Thompson, Expositor Slllfl Feme King never knows what to expeq at Brantford jail.