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Interview with Sam, Ron, Scott, Michael and Bruce

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Sam: I think 30.
Ron: Several. Not sure how many but there is 4 floors with I think 3 or 4 pods each.
Scott: Dupage County Jail is large and the women side is the old facility and the men side is relatively new. All I remember from the men side were pod style layouts with 24 individual cells in each one. One correctional officer can oversee 4 cell pods during their shift so they oversee and watch 96 different inmates at one time. More modern than other county jails.
Michael: I only saw one other block next to my pod. I think it is a three story building however with pods on all 3 floors.
Bruce: 3 to each cell block

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Sam: A pod B pod C pod E pod F pod G pod X pod Y pod Z pod.
Ron: They have letters; not names.
Scott: No name, you were recognized by pod and cell number.
Michael: No, not that i am aware of. I just followed a colored line to my pod as the told me to do. They did have a solitary single cell area with about 10 single cells i guess that would be called the solitary confinement area.
Bruce: they went x-z 1-3 all threw the alphabet the pods went

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Sam: 4th floor is federal and immigration, 2nd floor is sentencing I think.
Ron: Other than psych patients, infirmary patients, and elderly, everyone is pretty much thrown together.
Scott: You had general population inmates and sentenced inmates. They made no effort to segregate the inmates by level and degree of crime. Meaning I was housed with individuals on trial for murder and other heinous crimes.
Michael: The solitary area had inmates waiting for a cell in the upstairs pod area to open up, and had inmates who needed solitary confinement because of fighting in the upstairs area, or who they deem need special requirements, for whatever reason. the pod next to mine seemed to be a rougher group of inmates, and i was told by other inmates that my pod was the psychological pod.
Bruce: well all of the decks and classed by gangs and the charges like drugs crimes ushley stick together and then murders and aggravated crimes will be in the same block

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Sam: I think they were all the same.
Ron: Nice? About cell blocks? Seriously? I guess the fact that it wasnt as overcrowded as Cook. The worst is that we had to clean the pod ourselves but that aint that big a deal.
Scott: Nicest parts was being able to play basketball and lift weights in the gym. Also you lived in your own individual cell within the pod which helped if you needed privacy. Worst parts of the blocks were older games and very little books to read. I never knew how guys sleep so much.
Michael: One day for about 1 hour we were invited to a religious meeting just outside our pod in a meeting room put on by an outside gentleman. It was nice to be out of solitary confinement and in my own cell because it at least had a small window that i could see out and daylight could come in. The worst part was definitely the 2 days in solitary confinement, dark, and nothing to do except look forward to meals.
Bruce: the fact that the doors would stay open at times. there not being hot water at times or the water was too hot the toilets were very nasty and dirty and the showers had black and blue stuff on the metal it was very dirty the only thing is to your best is to clen your own cell

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