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Interview with Larry, Tawnie and Henry

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Larry: there were 2 levels of i believe 50 on weach floor and if I remember right there are actually 6 floors. Do the math!
Tawnie: There were 4 dorms plus Ad-Seg (administrative segregation or maximum security). E Dorm is for incoming, unsentenced people. D Dorm is the "worker" dorm for food line workers and trustees. C-dorm is for sentenced folks or those awaiting the prison bus. B-dorm is the Choices program dorm.
Henry: i think 5 or 6 floors, with a basement and each floor has a north south east and west wing.so many 20 blocks?

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Larry: they went by blocks of floors and 2 blocks on each floor. 3 East & 3 West... 4 East & 4 West and so forth all the way up tho the 6th floor. This was only in the new maguire jail. old maguire was different where they had pods of people. Dont know much about that layout though but I do believe there were 3 floors including the foor for the kitchen workers.
Tawnie: See Above.
Henry: 5 north, 5 west, 5 east, 5 south, 4 north, 4 west, 4 east, etc..

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Larry: the most troublesome inmates stayed in 3 east and 3 west. 3 east is basically recieving. Its the first place you go after booking.
Tawnie: Anyone coming in off the street into custody will go into E Dorm. Its the loudest and craziest and biggest dorm. Other than that, it depends on whether you are a worker (D-dorm) wanting to be in a program dorm (B-dorm) or just doing your time (C-dorm).
Henry: 5th floor was ged, across the street, i think there were 5 floors also and each floor had 5 tanks on each side of the block, that housed 15 men each,so your looking at 60 +plus per wing 120 per floor working side.. in the regular blocks, you have about 40 doors each section of the wing, ( 4 west, room with 40 doors, each housing 2 inmates. the location of the deputy station changed when going to wings with specific housing rules .for instance, the red suits or those going to prison, or facing life, or have three strikes, etc, they keep the deputy station housed in bullet proof glass up a flight of stairs behind tinted glass. more protection for more risk.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Larry: all the blocks were like shit but 3 east was the messiest and the one that the y gave the least pod time. 23 hours a day lockdown.
Tawnie: The nicest thing about B, D and E is that they are carpeted, so it isn't as noisy. B and C dorm have 2-man rooms with a closing door and a main common area, so sleeping is quieter. D and E dorm have no windows, so you are completely isolated.
Henry: nicest? running the kitchen, eating REAL food and working laundry so i had new clothes everyday and didnt have to wear the same underwear and shirts and everyone else. they were cripsy out the package new..so i would sellem or give my friends new gear, from socks to shoes to pants, etc..the worse part about it is the nastiness. the disgusting people. the bums, the grime and dirt on the walls. NO ONE cleans jails. we clean every friday but no staff every cleans the shit, and boogers and pee off the walls and if someone is sick or has a virus or disease, the cops take teir sweet time before even careing to look about moving people around so they dont get sick. you breathe disgusting air and have to deal with disgusting environments. there were only a few officers that truly did their job like they should and tried to tell people what they can do to avoid being arrested in the first place.

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