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Interview with Kelly, Bill, Katrina, Billy, Cory and Emily

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Kelly: We had about thirty minutes daily to go into the gym to play basketball or walk.
Bill: A TV with one channel that was only on a few hours a day.
Katrina: The only thing available was tv and the tv didn't have any sound at all so you just seen the pictures if you wanted to play cards you had to order them off of commissary for 3.59 oh and you could order word finds for 3.00 from off of commissary
Billy: The types of facilities that were available to help pass time away was Basketball, we had access to the phone if one was available at the time, we had access to play cards, we had access to tv, we had access to a bible or go to church. We could write letters, or draw
Cory: There was reallty nothing to help pass the time but the television and every once in a while you find a magazine here or there. AA meeting were held once a week and church was held once a week. I may have gone outside 1 time in the 3 months I was there.

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Kelly: We had television which was on except for lock downs and time to have drills and during room check.
Bill: As much ebtertainment as was allowed...i.e. checkers, or approximatley 3 hrs of TV a day.
Katrina: You had access to it but if they are feeding its no tv if they are doing medication it's no tv and its hard watching a tv with no volume then you have to take a vote on what to watch which is hard when it's 32 women trying to watch tv
Billy: Yes we has regular access to entertainment. We had access to use the phone when available, We can go to rec to play basketball, we had several card games going on, we only had church on Sunday morning, as for the tv the houseman take a vote on what we wanted to watch but we could turn the tv ourselves
Cory: there really was no type of entertainment, other than the television set and basically the people that had been there the longest basically had the say on the TV. they had designated programs that you watch on certain days and to avoid trouble you ride with whatever was on the television.

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Emily: yes
Kelly: I walked all of the time round and round the room. I could not do any other exercise as there was no room but I did walk regularly.
Katrina: Yes it's hard to stay in shape no exercise and all they feed you is bread and starch and with nothing to do you gain weight
Billy: No i didnt have a hard time staying in shape because i exercised everyday and they didnt feed us much
Cory: you have nothing to do but eat and sleep and watch television. Exercises privilege or going outside is scare, so keeping in shape was very difficult, unless you tried to do it in a 5 x 7 cell.

JM: How often did you get to go outside? What did you do outside if you were allowed to? If you were not allowed to go outside what could you do for exercise?
Emily: only to smoke and community work
Kelly: We were allowed thirty minutes to go to the gym daily except if we were in lock down.
Katrina: You don't get to go outside at all there are no outside privalages in FULTON county jail only exercise you can do is sit-ups and push-ups
Billy: We didnt get to go outside to exercise,we had to exercise and play games inside. We couldnt go outside because people were trying to escape
Cory: Again, I only recall going outside maybe once, Doing that time you try to run around the court or something, but the space was so limited

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Kelly: We had church each Sunday for one hour. The services were given by different people but very good.
Katrina: Yes they offer church services it's never the same you never know the type of service if its catholic or what and on Sundays
Billy: Yes the jail offered church services.The church services was ok, we got to go over a lot of things in the bible and the ones who wanted to share their personal business about how they got in jail.
Cory: Yes, they did on a Sunday morning, we went to like a break room area. The services were very informal, but helpful and the people often offered to talk and pray for you individually.

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