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Interview with April, Julie, Brenda, Cesar and Eddie

JM: How many different blocks were there?
April: There were three floors for the men not sure how many blocks on each floor and one floor for the females with three blocks. Medium block, the mental health unit and intake which also serves as the hole
Julie: The work release had 1 women's pod, and I think 4 men's pods.
Brenda: There was 2 blocks at Lehigh County Prison.
Cesar: 15 im guessing im not 100% SURE...
Eddie: I believe there were at least 9

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
April: 4-D, & 4-C. And intake/the hole were one block. It a depended how you were classified.
Julie: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. I believe one of the mens' was not used.
Brenda: 4D was population. 4C was for mental health inmates or pregnant woman.
Cesar: they were called 1a 2a 3a 4a and so on and so forth
Eddie: A, B, C, D, I cannot remember the exact names I believe each floor had a letter then a number went along with it for the different blocks on each floor.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
April: Inmates who didn't have mental health issues were on medium and the rest who needed extra attention were on the mental health unit. The people who got in trouble were housed in the hole.
Julie: In the women's all were together. The men had I believe 2 pods for workers. Other inmates were there for treatment. Drug, alcohol, parenting, some men were blue crew which I believe work for the state- roads or something.
Brenda: 4D was all the violent offenders, repeat offenders. 4C was pregnant woman, people who have serious mental health issues. The would transfer woman back and fourth between the pods if someone would claim an enemy from the other unit or if there was a fight.
Cesar: 3d was a violent block inmates with sever cases were in there to stay away from the less sever case or away from the rapists and juveniles with adult cases .
Eddie: There was general population. High Risk/ violent offenders. A block for Older men. A block for older women. Also a block for just women. Men and women are always separated.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
April: The nicest is the fact that you were forced to clean a couple times a week. The worst is nothing to do and no window to look out of. You are only allowed out of your cell depending on which floor your on so you spend most of the day in ur cell, with nothing to do.
Julie: The nicest was I hardly had to be there. The worst was probably the way the whole chore system was set up. Also it was pretty bad that there was no way up or down from the top bunks, you climb up and jump down or used a chair to get up and down, but chairs are a whole other story!
Brenda: 4D was too big for me. There was always a fight. The officers didn't have patience. 4C was very crazy. Ladies would act out just to get medication. The officers were nicer and had more patience. Eating meal was better because you had more time to eat. It was smaller and not too many woman to deal with.
Cesar: tv and cool guards , that made the stay there a little more pleasant , since they were not , being assholes . some guards made the stay worst by , being mean and starting problems with other inmates that just wanted to do there time and move on from the prison .
Eddie: Most blocks have a inside basketball court which was always nice. The bathrooms were not the greatest since they were out in the open along with the showers and a lot of the time were very uncleanly. All blocks have chairs and an area with a television which was also nice.

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