PINELLAS COUNTY, FL -- On Tuesday, Sheriff's deputies released photographs showing how Nick Bollea is being housed at the Pinellas County Jail.
The pictures show a cell with a stainless steel shower, sink, toilet, mirror, writing desk with stool, bed and two windows.
In a phone call to his mother Linda last month, Nick said his life behind bars is unbearable.
In a new civil lawsuit against Sheriff Jim Coats, Bollea's attorneys claim the 17-year-old is being "forced to endure solitary confinement." Sheriff's officials say they are housing Bollea properly, as a minor serving time in an adult facility.
Like other inmates, Bollea maintains a schedule which includes the following:
* 6 hours a day in the Inmate Property Devision, Monday-Friday
* 3 hours a week in video visitation
* Unlimited attorney visits
* 1 hour of recreation per day
The lawsuit goes on to say Bollea is suffering "extreme emotional distress" because of the release of his jailhouse phone calls, as well as the surveillance video showing his parents visiting him in jail.
Linda and Nick Bollea discussed their outrage the day after ABC Action News broke the story.
Linda: "Hey! Frickin' ABC News put us on! I told you me and your dad were visiting you and they sent the video surveillance thing of me and your dad talking to you and I thought that sucked royal! Everything's public record. Is nothing sacred anymore? Everyone's out for the money."
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says the calls and video are classified as public record and media outlets have the right to them. But Bollea's attorneys say their release is causing Bollea "irreprerable harm by, among other things, impending ability to defend himself in the civil lawsuit" filed against him by the family of John Graziano.
Bollea is also asking a judge to rule his phone calls and surveillance video in the visitation area are not considered public records. He's asking for an immediate hearing.
