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Medications

Interview with Scott, Elna, Todd and Guy

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Scott: Yes they had there own medical unit
Elna: I didn't take any medications.
Todd: if an inmate needed them
Guy: no. WIFE had to write the Judge and medical superviser to get my meds.

JM: How did you get your medications?
Scott: They had officers that would bri.g it to your pod. They had medicine runs four times a day. You had to show them your id
Elna: I wasn't taking any medications at the time so this question doesn't apply to me, but my cellmate in the intake block was given insulin by a guard twice a day.
Todd: i didn't take any meds
Guy: med clerk would bring them on a cart. call your name and verify it with ID and then give you your

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Scott: There was in house charges and you was wrote up and go to the d board usually with hole time. Yes i have seen this
Elna: I'm sure it would result in another court case and a longer sentence, but I never witnessed this. That seems more like a prison thing than a jail thing.
Todd: you were sent to the hole..a couple of times
Guy: Meds were taken away or put in water before taken. never happened to me but I saw it happen a couple times

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