JM: How often could you receive visitors? Ted: You had to put them on a list. I think it was
different days for different names, depending on
your last name. I think you can have 5 people on
your list at a time. You couldn't have them every
day of the week, but I can't remember exactly who
gets them on which days. Lisa: evey week if you do a new list for week if you
dont than you dont see no one Tania: once weekly based on behavior and on a first come
first serve basis. there were limited visiting booths Thomas: Saturdays and Sundays at different hours when I was
there the last ime they were starting to do the
video visitation
JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you? Ted: No, but they do have to be on a list before they
come. Lisa: it can take to 5 hours a day and it worst
sometime mix upfor with other inmate and stuff
would be all mess for the whole day Tania: i heard that the process was about fifteen minutes
between signing in and waiting for the inmates to
be checked for violations and to be brought down Thomas: According to my people it was the worst it took
twenty minutes for them to be processed in and then
anywhere from 1 to 2 hour wait before the got to see
me for 15 mins.
JM: What was the visiting environment like? Ted: You didn't meet face to face. You visit through a
video monitor. Lisa: it was kook had vend machine that cost a lot and
most of time they were broke and never work and
venden machine for pops were hot and nasty and
but aleast you get to see your family and
hangout with them spend seeing them food wise
dont buy waste of time Tania: it was a booth with a phone you could speak to a
single person on. very institutional with metal
seats and no privacy. correctional officers were
monitoring as well as conversations screened. very
sad and depressing with a lot of families and
children present in the womens visiting area. a
lot of crying and emotion. Thomas: It sucked we sat behind two way glass in a long room
that had 10 nother inmates all hollering through the
phones trying hard to hear or say anything to your
own people the phones never seemed to be working
properly so you had to talk loud making the man
next to you have to talk louder.