​An Oklahoma mother has been taken away from her four young children and her husband, and is now serving 10 years in prison for selling $31 worth of marijuana.

NewsOK. Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow, 25, entered the Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft, Okla., three days before Christmas, reports Ginnie Graham at

“I’m nervous … because it’s prison … people I don’t know,” Spottedcrow said. “People said you don’t get too comfortable here or you’ll be here longer. Don’t make too many friends. Come and do your time and get out.”

“Never in a million years did I think I’d be here 10 years,” she said.

“We were under the impression we would get probation,” Spottedcrow said. “When I left for court, I just knew I was coming back home. It hit me like a ton of bricks. There were no goodbyes; they took me away right then. How do you tell your children you are going to prison? How do you prepare for this?”