Are you in a cycle?

Little Johnny came up to my desk and said, “My mother told me not to tell you, but my brother is in a cycle.” I asked him what he meant. He said, well he is in jail, out of jail, in jail, out of jail. I asked if he was in or out now. He said he was in jail because he took prescription drugs to school.
He said the drugs were his mother’s but they weren’t bad drugs for her. His mom thought she was accidently throwing some of the pills away. Then he said, “We don’t really think his lawyer cares about him. Do you know anyone who could be his lawyer?”