Chapter 4
Dan Rivers visited Sondra the next day in the detainment area where she waited
to be transported. She asked him if he'd learned anything about her negation and
where she'd be incarcerate.
"They're sending you to Camp Parks. It's a federal correctional institution for
women in the hills near San Francisco. It's on located on what used to be an
Army post. The environment's pretty relaxed from what I was told. It's one of
the 'Club Feds.' Only first time, non-violent offenders get sent there and there
are no second chances. If you don't follow the rules to the letter, you'll be
incarcerated someplace a lot less pleasant. " He slid a loose-leaf binder
labeled "Technical Description: Sexual Negation Device - Application and Use"
across the table. Sondra opened it and stared at the first page. She found the
technical jargon virtually incomprehensible in her in her sleep-deprived state.
One night in the noisy confusion of the holding cell had rendered her almost
senseless. Her inability to concentrate was obvious to him.
"I read through it and talked to the manufacturer. I'll tell you what it's about
if you like." She nodded and stared at a drawing of female reproductive organs.
"The negator is about the size and shape of a hen's egg. They'll dilate you and
put it in your womb." He flipped through the pages until he found a picture of
the device.
"It has two functions. The first is monitoring and recording episodes of sexual
arousal. That will allow them to correlate each episode with a time during which
you might have been able to commit a crime without being detected otherwise. The
second function is stopping your arousal before it can progress to an orgasm.
The theory is that offenders won't commit acts that don't bring them pleasure."
"How does it stop an orgasm?" she asked in dismay.
"It's pretty complicated," he replied. He took a pen from his pocket and used it
as a pointer. "It has a lot of sensors in its surface. It monitors temperature,
muscular pressure in the womb, heart rate, blood flow and even internal sounds.
It will self-calibrate when they implant it by storing your readings while
you're not aroused, then compare them with readings when you are. After that, it
monitors you constantly to determine when you're becoming aroused. These are
electrodes. It will shock your uterus until it decides you're not aroused any
longer. It also records the date, time and level of each instance of arousal.
You'll have to make regular visits to the dispensary so they can recharge it and
download your arousal history to your permanent file. They'll violate you and
send you to a maximum-security prison for your full term if they think you tried
to do anything to the unit. Technically, they could even violate you if you
manage to have an orgasm." Sondra looked at the diagram and cried.
