Last week, the state transportation department notified Bocek and fellow campers that authorities planned to clear the encampment. Bocek said she didn’t plan on accepting a shelter bed if officials offered it. She described a “jail mentality” at some local shelters, pointing to curfews and strict visitation rules — and the same coarse bed sheets she remembers from brief stints being incarcerated.
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