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My sister is saying she will run away to avoid going to jail what to do?
my 21 year old sister has to go to jail for a year for a hit and run while driving under influence. She has to go next week. She told me she is going to run away so she doesn't have to go. This seems silly to me because I don't know where she will go but it looks like she might be serious. What can I say to talk her out of it, also should I tell someone? I am close to her and don't want to betray her you know. If I tell them what could they do?
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The only way she could even possibly get away with it is going to another country. So it'd just be pointless and her life would suck from then on.
So if you want to try to talk her out of it, then tell her that. Plus she only needs to spend one year and it's better than spending years out of the country and running from the cops. Because once they get her, it will be much much worse.
If you are convinced she will run, you should tell your parents because you care about her and it's better than her life getting worse.
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Tell your parents no matter what that she said this to you. Not telling is betraying her in the end and setting her up for a far worse situation. If she runs they will find her and they won't be nice about it. She will have additional charges and time added to the sentence if she runs. That would be tragic.
Your parents need to talk to her and explain that it is scary in there but she will make it through and learn her lesson because if she runs it will be 10 times worse for her and longer jail stint. If she behaves and cooperates in jail she may be out faster dependent or what she did.
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Yes you should tell someone. Running away to avoid court can lead to a warrant for her arrest. Therefore she will actually end up getting into more trouble then if she went and faced her problems. Running away is digging herself a deep hole, It's not a smart move. You need to tell someone
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