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Interview with Rachel, Paula and Lindsey

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Rachel: TV, OR READING BOOKS. I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO THE YARD. (LET ME AGAIN SAY I AM OVER 50 AND COULD BARELY DEAL WITH CLIMBING TO THE TOP BUNK, MUCH LESS CLIMBING A FENCE TO ESCAPE) PLEASE.
Paula: Weight room, outside basketball court, inside gym/track, program classes such as A.A., N.A., Bible study, church services, Law Library. Inmates would look to go to just about any activity if it meant getting out of the cell. Even a simple task as getting a haircut would be looked forward to.
Lindsey: Types of facilities to pass time that were available were recreation time, which took place in a smelly gym r outside, church, reading the books that were offered and NA or AA meetings. And even though I wasn't on drugs or a alcoholic I still went to listen to everyone else stories and to just simply pass the time.

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Rachel: IF LARGE, BIG-MOUTHED BLACK LADIES WANTED SOMETHING IT WAS BETTER TO JUST LET THEM HAVE IT THAN TO DISAGREE.
Paula: Entertainment consisted of only watching TV. It was a 9 inch black and white TV at that. However the TV was allowed to be on 24/7 and the station/volume was directly controlled by the inmates in the cell. No cable so sometimes the sound would come through but the picture was "snowy."
Lindsey: The "vets" as i called them the women that had been in that tank the longest pretty much dictated what we watched on tv everyday. They wold have their whole little scheduele of their favorite shows everyday. The few arguments and fights I did happen to witness during my stay there were actually because of the tv.

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Rachel: NOT REALLY. THEY DON'T OVER-FEED YOU.
Paula: I personally did as I don't exercise too much. Plus the food wasn't great so I started eating a lot of junk food off the canteen list.
Lindsey: I actually lost ALOT of weight during my stay in jail because I gave ha nasty food away almost everyday. I am a very pick eater normally but when your literally starving you would be surprised at what you will eat.

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?
Rachel: ZERO.
Paula: Outside consisted of a brick enclosed 12' X 12' concrete square with an open ceiling covered by razor wire. The only thing to really do is walk the "track" so to speak. You could always do pushups in the cell if outside recreation was cancelled due to weather or lack of staff
Lindsey: Even if the weather permitted going outside depended on the guard that was in charge of rec time for that would be the one to decide if we went outside or to the gym. I think I went outside and seen the sunlight twice in 23 days.

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Rachel: YES. I BELIEVE THEY HAD DIFFERENT PREACHERS/MINISTERS COME IN ONCE A WEEK FROM DIFFERENT CHURCHES. I ENJOYED IT PRETTY WELL AS I WAS NOT ANY PARTICULAR DENOMINATION THAT WOULD OBJECT TO THAT VARIETY. I BELIEVE THEY WERE HELD AT DIFFERENT TIMES ON SUNDAY. REALLY THAT SHOULD BE ON SATURDAY, THE SABBATH.
Paula: Jail services were offered and they were held in the jail cafeteria. I didn't attend to know what they were like as I am an atheist
Lindsey: Yes and also offered bible study. I went to both. Church was ever Sunday and bible study was every Wednesday.The services would be held b a different church ever week so depending on which church came would determine how good of a service t was for me at least.

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