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Interview with Nancy and Bryce

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Nancy: Iam aware of 5/separate/female-pods.There/may-be additional/ones/tho.
Bryce: 3 POD for each color. Yellow, Orange, and Red.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Nancy: Number= "sally-port" location. Letters= block/pod location such as Pod 1A,1B,1C,1D,1E.
Bryce: The names were A though H. For each color of security.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Nancy: 1A=female administrative segregation(Ad-Seg),involved w/in-house physical fights/or/serious crimes(i.e.:murder,gang violence).1B=serving time for felonies&are repeat offenders,have/previously/served/DOC/time,flight risks,&/or gang involvement(cant/be/trustees).1C=serving time for misdemeanors.1D(intake/initial pod)=awaiting sentencing/or/classification(felons&misdemeanors housed/together).1E=felons&misdemeanors,already sentenced and capable of being trustees(no flight risks).
Bryce: In the yellow blocks, the inmates were minimum security, in the orange blocks the inmates were medium security, and the red blocks were maximum security. They were all spread about the jail A through H Block.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Nancy: 1D=extremely over-crowed,3-bunks(inmates) per/cell,sometimes also w/a"boat"on floor.Loud,dangerous(as felons&misdemeanors housed together),no canteen available.Showers ROCK tho.1E=2bunks per/cell,most housing one inmate.Canteen available/weekly.Can go to "work" outside of pod(i.e.:kitchen,laundry,library,court-services)."good-time"given up-front(so each/inmate knows their out-date&has hope for the future),deputies more lenient w/"contraband" in cell,microwave,hot-water faucet,2televisions. WORST PART OF ALL BLOCKS=deputies inconsistent w/rules&what they consider "appropriate behavior".
Bryce: Being in yellow block we were only locked down during the night and from 230pm to 4pm each and every day. I'm not sure how long orange blocks were locked down for. But red is lock down 23 hours a day. They were let out to eat and that was all.

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