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Medications

Interview with Cami, Tombstone, Strawberry, Tonya, Jay, Fred, Alice and Patrick

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Cami: Only when the med-cart would come once in the morning and once in the evening.
Tombstone: Yes, you would have to fill out requests to be seen by the nurse,
Strawberry: yea...2 times a day
Tonya: NO
Jay: They had pill call for the people who was prescibed medication
Fred: No if you needed it you would have to put in a sick call slip and see the doctor
Alice: NO THE JAIL WAS HORRIBLE ABOUT GIVING PPL ANY MEDICATION
Patrick: no, I take on drug and had problems getting it, My attorney got a court order for such and they still did not do it.

JM: How did you get your medications?
Cami: By a registered nurse from the med-cart.
Tombstone: given out by the nurse every morning & night
Strawberry: a RN cam by all snotty and bitchy and gave ya ya meds
Tonya: Didn't
Jay: They had pill call for the people who was prescibed medication if you wanted something for a headache or something you could go up there and ask the nurse during pill call
Fred: You would have to see the doctor and if he gave you medicine you would have to wait on the nurse to come around with it
Alice: I only required an albuterol inhaler which a couple of times needed it and they denied me any when it was needed
Patrick: they have a nurse that has the drugs on a cart, she is escorted by a gaurd, they may charge you a small amount for the drugs

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Cami: You would get them taken away or you would go to the hole for 23 hour lock down.
Tombstone: Don`t know, I never saw any,but I imagine they would be severe,
Strawberry: i have no idea...i am sure it wasnt good
Tonya: Don't know
Jay: I'm not sure but I would say the would put you in a lock up cell for awhile and give you disciplinary nwver witness anybody getting caught
Fred: You would lose your privileges such as your store your visitation or you would be put on lock down until further notice
Alice: i never witnessed any for of punishment for anyone abusing or using drugs. only people coming off of drugs in the jail
Patrick: Unknown you cannot get drugs without doctor order, I never saw any violations of such. I do not know what they would do.

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