Given these points, Jim Jones forced members to commit to his rules and suffer through cruel punishments if they did not follow him. Members were held captive in Jonestown by patrolling officers around the camp and many wanted to leave. Tim Reiterman, a journalist who survived a shot by Jone's guards while leaving Jonestown, said, "Fifteen people stepped forward [asking to leave], including one entire family, and much of another family, and both of these families were long-time followers of Jim Jones dating back to Indiana days. The mood of Jonestown grew darker as this day went on, and late in the afternoon the clouds turned black and there was this freakish wind that just tore through the pavilion as I was talking with Jones. Then there was
