JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time? Tara: gym, library, ouside track to walk or run,
basketball court, softball field,playing cards,
board games, watching teklevision and
movies,talking to other inmates, cleaning your
cell, standing in lengthy lines tring to get
clothes and blankets and pillows, drawing, writing
letters, making telephone calls, recieving
visitors and mail when it came....not much. Greg: You can play games you had wreck yard and stuff like that
where I was over in the rehab you to go outside and we can
go to the shop And the shopping center we could also
volunteer at the park and get a job and go to work While
sleeping at the jail at night Don: There was a law library and a regular library. Na
meetings, You play bored games like monopoly but
most of the time the money gets stolen to be used
with card games, Mental health meetings, going
out to the yard. Writing letters, the Gym and
basketball. And they have a church.
JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details. Tara: 2 televisions. over 800 inmates. You could RENTa
clear tv from them. Clear, so as not to be able to
hide things inside.When there was a movie, people
would fight to get aplace to sit which freqyently
led to arguments both physical and verbal. then
security would cancel the event. Greg: Yeah how to access to the TV but there was a lot of
arguments over it was watching what and Competition every
TV was pretty fierce I use you tried to watch whatever you
could whenever you could And just try to stay out of his
many arguments over the TV is you could Don: Sometimes the jail is really full and there is a
wait to do things like a basketball court, Or the
meetings and church may be really full and there
is no where to sit or stand. If its a little more
empty its not to hard to get into stuff
JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail? Tara: no, when I wasn't in the infirmary working, I was in
the gym or library. The only time I was in a cell
was to sleep. Greg: Now you can stay in shape new job pretty easily there was a
good gym setup and you have plenty of time to workout and
exercise Don: No all u really do is work out. And u don't get
much to eat. I was in the best shape of my life
in jail
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? Tara: daily if you wanted to, for an hour, I believe. Play
ball, sit and talk, get fresh air, sunbathe, play
wall ball, write letters and journals.
Greg: Being in the rehab for the gel I can go outside everyday
pretty much as much as I wanted to except for when we
head count Don: U can go outside after chow again inless u are
locked down. I would just walk around the yard
and smell the freash air. sometimes play ball.
JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held? Tara: no, they offered na meetings, aa meetings and a
generic type of Bible study. If you were christian
you were set. If muslim, Jewish or any other
religion, too bad for you Greg: They didn't hold church services I could tell you when and
where they were because I really didn't attend any of the
services Don: yes they did. The prison has a chapel. I liked
them a lot sometimes there were guest speakers it
was inspirational.