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Interview with Lance, Ana and Jack

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Lance: I'm not entirely sure. It's pretty well segrated, and I never really got a tour. 4 pods on the top, 4 below and a whole other building. I'm not sure how many were in the other building.
Ana: In the jail there were four different dorms with an upper and lower tier w/ about 20 cells in each dorm. In prison there are seven yards. One max security, one medium and five minimum yards.
Jack: 8 main blocks i believe.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Lance: Yes. By letters.
Ana: In jail they are named by letters... I think it was like, J, L and two other lettered dorms. In prison, Max was Lumley, Medium was Santa Cruz, Minimums were San Carlos, San Pedro, Santa Maria and two others which names I cant remember. The prison is Perryville (the only womens prison in AZ).
Jack: The names on the block were alphanumeric. Like 3d or 4b.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Lance: I'm not really sure. The one I was in had a bunch of probation violators, and I think that was basically who was in there. L dorm was intake. L and K was for inmate workers and work release.
Ana: In jail, one dorm was for people in trouble on lockdown. They shared that dorm with inmates who were in their first 24hrs at the jail. After the first court date (within 24 hours of incarceration), you are moved to one of the other two regular dorms. There is one dorm for inmate workers and the other two dorms are simply a mixture of regular inmates. In prison, Max was Lumley, Medium was Santa Cruz, Minimums were San Carlos, San Pedro, Santa Maria and two others which names I cant remember. The prison is Perryville (the only womens prison in AZ).
Jack: The jail i went to did not have to separate to many inmates. Most were thrown into general population while a few with extreme crimes were placed into private housing somewhere on the yard.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Lance: Nicer pods, no, they were all laid out exactly the same. I think some of them had less cells. The pod I was in had about 15 cells in it, but the one next to us only had 14.
Ana: The food in Yavapai county jail is the best thing about any dorm. The dorm that was lockdown allowed for a great deal of peace a quiet and privacy, but was very mentally and emotionally challenging due to the isolation. The inmate dorm I did not live in. The two regular dorms the worst part was dealing with the other inmates and their personalities. The best part was that there was a tv in all of the dorms. In prison, I was not on the max yard. The medium yard the worst part was being exposed to psychotic, ignorant inmates and their behavior. The best part on the medium yard is that the corrections officers are not as hard on you as on the minimum yards because they dont expect as much maturity or good behavior from the medium security inmates. On the minimum yard the best things were the priveleges as far as more liberal visitation and more work opportunity. The worst thing on the minimum yards was just that the corrections officers are very picky and hand out a lot of tickets for petty infractions of the rules.
Jack: Well i was only in two different blocks. There was nothing nice about either one of them. I suppose the t.v. helped people get along with out going stir crazy. Everything was made to keep people from escaping or getting hurt so, cement walls, hard tables chairs and bunks. Some guards were very rude and some were decent. Public use of the toilet and shower was not appreciated.

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