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Interview with Tim, Adrian, Maria, Ashley, Lindsay, Victor, Deborah and Katherine

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Tim: I don't understand the question.
Adrian: alot
Maria: I believe that the floor that I was on had 6 blocks on it; 3 blocks on each but I'm not 100% sure of this.
Ashley: THERES SO MANY AT THIS JAIL BUT IM NOT SURE
Lindsay: We called them "modules." At CCSD there were several of them per tower. At NVC, the number of modules were less, but there were a total of 72 of us per module, with an upper tier and a bottom tier. I was in the upper tier. A total of eight of us per unit.
Victor: About 20 or 21, I am not sure. There were a lot.
Deborah: I believe there is 6 floors and 12 modules on each floor.
Katherine: I AM NOT SURE BUT I KNOW I SAW AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT PODS.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Adrian: letters
Maria: The blocks are designated by numbers and letters. I can't remember the block I was in, but I believe it was something like 13K and so on.
Ashley: WE JUST HAVE FLOORS,THEN THE MODULES LIKE A,B,C,D.THEN LIKE YOUR BED NUMBER
Lindsay: At CCDC I was in module 4K, while at NVC I was in module 2B.
Victor: No names, just letter and number combinations. I was in Unit 4 then 5 then 1.
Deborah: They used letters from the alphabet and the floor number. So I was in 5K
Katherine: I DONT REALLY REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE CALLED I THINK THERE WAS A NORTH TOWER.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Adrian: cant remember
Maria: Those charged with more serious crimes are housed separately from those charged with lesser crimes. The first time I was in jail was spent in more of an open dormitory setting (South Tower), whereas the time I am describing on this questionnaire was spent in North Tower.
Ashley: THEY ARE ALL MIXED UP AT THIS JAIL.EXCEPT NORTH TOWER HAS VIOLENT OFFENDERS.ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED MEDICAL OR ARE MENTALLY MESSED UP THEY GET TO GO TO THE MEDICAL FLOOR OF THE JAIL.
Lindsay: At CCSD there are two towers: The North tower held the really bad inmates (who commit unspeakable things), while the South tower held prostitutes and drug addicts. I was housed in the South tower. The North tower had all of the cells, while the South tower had beds in multiple rows.
Victor: minimum security, isolation(max security), overflow from county jail were all housed in separate blocks. Every time of criminal was there: felons in Isolation, misdemeanors in Minimum. It is hard to say who was where because you can't ask, they don't tell, and inmates tend to lie about charges when talking to other inmates.
Deborah: Inmates who go work and work in the kitchen and laumdry were in Module 5L. 5K the module I was in were women women just doing time or getting transfered to prison.
Katherine: WELL FROM WHAT I REMEBER OR I HEARD PEOPLE TALKING. THE NORTH TOWER WAS FOR GANGS OR VALIANT INMATES. THEN THEY HAVE THE OPEN PODS WERE THEY DIDNT HAVE CELLS ITS JUST ONE BIG ROOM AND THAT WAS FOR REGULAR INMATES

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Tim: Henderson jail was by far more comfortable that CCDC.
Adrian: I liked that I got to lay down and sleep with out worring about waking up to a man beating me for not making quota
Maria: South Tower is an open environment which I liked better than North Tower. You could talk quietly to anyone in their bunk around you whereas North Tower put you in a small room with one other inmate. I found that very claustrophobic plus in North Tower, the personal habits of your single cellmate become that much more pronounced since it's just you and one other person.
Ashley: THERES NOTHING NICE ABOUT ANY OF THE BLOCKS.BUT THE WORSE WAS THE FECES THAT WERE LEAKING FROM UPSTAIRS AND COMING THROUGH THE CEILING.OR THE COCKROACHES.ALSO THE BATHROOMS WERE EXTREMELY NASTY AND THE WATER PRESSURE SUCKED SO BAD AND YOU DRANK THE SAME WATER THAT CAME FROM THE BATHROOM.YOU GOT DANDRUFF REALLY EASY BECAUSE THE WATER IS SO BAD THERE.
Lindsay: The nicest part about the blocks is that our unit was very close. We helped each other out and we talked. It was easier to determine what was going on, because in jail, every man/woman for themselves. The drawback to this is that you get no privacy when you want to.
Victor: The nicest thing was being able to take a shower, during most of my time I was in isolation and was let out to shower once a day, sometimes once every two days. During my time in holding I was not allowed to shower at all(worst part) and the food was inedible throughout.
Deborah: I would have to say to me the block I was in was boring and time went by so slow because there is only so much to do in a twenty four hour period of time being struck in a module all day. But the women in 5Lwere able to leave and work for several hours which would have been nice.
Katherine: I DIDNT LIKE ANT OF IT AT ALL, BUT THE OPEN ROOMS WERE NICER TO BE IN BECAUSE YOUR NOT CONFINED INTO A CELL BUT THEN AGAIN THERE IS ALOT OF NOISE. BUT THE NORTH TOWER YOU HAVE A UP STAIRS AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES TO GO EAT AND FREE TIME

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