Transit union leader Roger Toussaint reports to the Tombs this afternoon to being serving his 10-day sentence for leading the three-day strike against the MTA in December in violation of the state's Taylor Law. The News prints an exclusive! interview with Toussaint today, conducted on the eve of his incarceration, in which he talks about what a challenge this will be, especially for his family.

We'd be empathetic, if only we had some experience with being stuck in one place, unable to go where we wanted to go.

Prison Doesn't Scare Me, But How Do I Tell My Young Son? [NYDN]