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Medications

Interview with Clayton, Darryl and Kristofer

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Clayton: it takes a while to get an intake with the doctor but after verifying information with a doctor i got medication regularly
Darryl: No . whenI went in I was on a prescribed medicine that you cannot just stop taking . They did not give it to me for about two weeks .. dark days indeed
Kristofer: there was adoctor who you would have to see and he would prescribe you what you needed, and the nurses gave them out 3 times a day. They didn't give out any pain meds for ANYTHING though

JM: How did you get your medications?
Clayton: we had to line up at a medication window where a record of our medications was kept
Darryl: I reminded the COs daily until I was able to see a Dr. As soon as they started me back on the medicine they transferred me to D Hall and I had to start all over again with the madness ..
Kristofer: 3 times a day a nurse would come up with a rolling table. she would get on oneside of a bullet proof glass window and we lined up and got our meds 1 at a time

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Clayton: i never did witness this
Darryl: I have no idea . I never witnessed anything like that . I dont even thin I saw a fight .
Kristofer: yes, inmates tried to cheeck their medication sometimes to trade for coffee or food later. If you got caught you got sent to the hole and if they caught youonce, they kept an extra close eye on you every time after that

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