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Interview with Nicole, Toby, Donald, Manuel, Jimmie, Jack, David, Rhonda, Paul, Mike, Leo and Liz

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Nicole: men: unsure females: 3
Toby: All rpsins are different but Jackie Brannon for instance in McAlister (the high minimum security yard) has A Unit which was basically like an old converted house then B unit which was like a small walmart broken into 4 pods with 75 inmates in each pod for a total of 300 and then there was C unit which was a multistory building (almost dormlike I guess)
Donald: Many I guess. I stayed in one pod.
Manuel: There are 20 blocks plus a medical
Jimmie: there are around 20 different pods in David L Moss
Jack: I don't know. 26 maybe
David: I do not no how many blocks tulsa county has
Rhonda: There is only for quads for women at Tulsa county.
Paul: I believe 32
Mike: In Tulsa county, there are at least 22 different "pods". All range from high risk to minimal supervision. In addition there are two female pods, one ICE (immigration) and one juvenile pod. There is also a medical/psych pod.
Leo: a lot im not for sure
Liz: There were 4 cell blocks.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Nicole: F-18, F-20, F-17
Toby: Read Above
Donald: My pod had a number but I dont remember which one.
Manuel: There is j hall which is the men's units and 2 segregation units or lockdowns then there is f hall which is the females 1 segregation and usually a trustee tank
Jimmie: there are 2 hallways J hall and F hall so the pods were numbered so they were called J1 and so on or F19 and so on
Jack: Yes. They went from j-1 all the way up to j-whatever
David: The cell blocks as far as I no were just numbered
Rhonda: The Getto , the hytte , and lock down pod.
Paul: They ranged from j-1 to j-24 then the woman's cells. I didn't see all the blocks
Mike: There all have letter designations, eg. J1, J2 etc. J1 and J2 have the high risk more violent offenders. J4 was housing Federal holds. J5 - J10 were general population.
Leo: numbers and letters
Liz: The cell blocks were named a, b, c and d.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Nicole: unsure.
Toby: A unit was for the older people and people on work profiles or light duty. B unit was for farm workers and C unit was for inmates that worked on the outside.
Donald: All kinds were housed in my pod. I didnt go around asking but the inmates all had different charges. I dont think any of them were murders. I think they were in a different place.
Manuel: High bonds are usually in there own block, segregation in there own block these guys are in trouble or are threatened in the main units and locked down 23 hours a day , there is a medical and trustee tank
Jimmie: male inmates and females inmates were housed separate men in the J hall and women in the F hall then they had a lock down or they called it segregation also they had a medical you could be housed at if you were real sick or hurt
Jack: Most of all inmates are inter mixed. They do have a special housing unit for more severe crimes, which i was in in my last visit to David. L. Moss. They were mixed
David: Im not sure what type of inmates were housed where but my cell block was about 90% hispanic im white so I dont no what was going on their I think deportation
Rhonda: it did not matter what you came in for prostitution or murder, they try to keep you separated but it doesn't always happen so we where pretty much together.
Paul: They were each a mix of each type of inmates federal, traffic tickets, violent offenders, robbers, drug deales
Mike: Most violent were in J1 and J2. They also were diffent jump suits. They were made to were the traditional black and white stripes. J3 wore orange and white stripes, they were the high bond inmates. J-4 were Federal holds and wore red. Juvies wore blue jump suites. Everyone else in general pop wore orange jump suits.
Leo: there were no certain type we all were housed together
Liz: I can not remember which block was which but there were women, men, trustees and the ones that were always in trouble in the different cell blocks of the jail.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Nicole: F-20: open pod. F-18 & F-22: more privacy, closed cell.
Toby: A unit was nice because it was all old school abd quiet, laid back. B unit was full of fighters and hustlers.. It was generally referred to as the thunderdome (that is where I lived) and C unit was just too easy to get caught up in some bullcrap. Drugs coming in all the time and if they are found in a room with 4 guys you all get charged even though you had nothing to do with it. But you cannot snitch. In prison, a snitch is the only thing worse than a sex offender.
Donald: My pod was ok. Everyone else knew the rules but I didnt. I couldnt understand anything the head guy watching over us was saying.Iam just glad I didnt have to stay there too long. I a crappy way to spend a weekend. I guess thats why I dont want to go back.
Manuel: Trustee tank is open like a dorm and more freedom the seg tanks are isolated one man cells and lockdown for 23 hours a day and no freedom at all real lonely no one to talk to medical is about the same the main units have to man cells that aren't locked down the whole day with 2 TVs
Jimmie: there are a few pods that are dorm style these are more open and not so locked down you could move around more freely which is nice but then it was harder to get away from everyone where as in the other pods you could just stay in your cell and then only your cell mate could disturb you
Jack: The best part was the cleanliness. I also like the fact that taht they have a small recreation are. The bad part is one half is dorm style and the other half is cell style and you have no choice of were you get to be housed. The food sucks too. The Detention officers sucked
David: The nicest oart was that they,had to tvs to watch and would let you out of you cell alot to watch tv again this was a previous stay my last stay I just slept and left the worst oart is its jail I hate jail so enough said their it sucks.
Rhonda: Some of the guards were nice and some shouldn't be in this country, worst would have to be the way some the women smelled when they where there and would not shower.
Paul: The nicest part about the blocks were the windows on the ceiling allowing for outside light to come in, the outside yard was also a nice part. The worst part about the block was that you were a mouse trapped n the block and you could only go as far as the walls.
Mike: The intimidation factor of being around the violent offenders was overcoming. When they were marched from place to place, you had to face the wall as they passed. They are always hand and foot shackeled. The holding block upon entry to the system was scary. At that point, with the exception of violent, or psych inmates, you are together with all walks of crime life.
Leo: nothing nice, mold and dust
Liz: There was nothing nice about the different cell blocks. I did not like it in there at all. The worst things were that it is very very very very crowded in the blocks. There is not much room at all in the blocks. I hope to never go back there.

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