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Interview with Luis and Scott

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Luis: The main things used to pass the time were cards, dominoes and TV. Some inmates worked out. Working also passed the time but I rather sleep than work in the kitchen. I had a few jobs that were cool because I actually got to leave and do stuff around town.
Scott: you had a cell and you had a picnic style table and yo maybe had a deck of cards but mostly you had books and you had your cell and of course the tv most of time you just sat around and talked or you slept and read books in your cell

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Luis: Everyone played spades but we only had a few decks of cards. We usually set it up to where the winning team would stay at the table and a team that hadn't played would play against the winners. We even had a couple competitions with all the inmates and the winners got to pick what we watched on TV for a week.
Scott: as fa as entertainment wet there was not really a lot there like i said you had tv and you had books there were always card games going on but only if you were willing to gamble away your food or commissary and that wasnt what i wanted to do then there was the yard which was a 10 x 10 indoor cage

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Luis: Jail made me lazy cuz there wasn't much to do but for a while I was working out everyday. After a while I stopped. I didn't really gain weight because our meals weren't very filling.
Scott: no you get plenty of opportunity to exercise in fact you are encouraged to stay in shape by the so called key holders and the ones that didnt exercise got dealt with

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?
Luis: We got to go outside once a week but there was nothing to do so I usually stayed inside and eventually they stopped letting us outside.
Scott: you were never really allowed outside but you were given opportunity to go to the yard which was a 10 x 10 cage with access to the outside air and that was it every other day

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Luis: They had church services once a week but were led by the inmates and one inmate usually led it. I attended 1 or 2 services.
Scott: the pod i was in was called the god pod an we were allowed to attend a church service everyday at 4 pm in the interview room but on sunday they held a regular church service wit an outside group that comes in and sometimes during the week also

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