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Interview with Maria, Tommy, Mark, Marilyn, Rafael and Blair

JM: Did you find it difficult to get along with other inmates? Please give examples to explain why you did or didn't.
Maria: yes i do based on the fact im a active gang member
Tommy: no
Mark: Just stay cool, stay out of others people business, share with your bunk mates
Marilyn: i really didn't have any problems with other inmates. I'm very easy to get along with. although i did have a disagreement with one inmate and she kept talking "shit" and i didn't want to have any issues with her. so i encouraged the staff to let us talk alone and we resolved the problem.
Rafael: No I got along with almost everyone.
Blair: I did not have any issues with any inmates, for the following reasons: I know many Correctional Officers and they saw to it that I was comfortable, I immediately got a job as a porter so I controlled the food distribution and when the men were released from their cells in the morning. More importantly, I am an educated Hispanic and the Paisas ran the pod, so I did favors for them and I was left alone. Favors included; writing letters to judges, to their public defenders, and to the DA's office on their behalf.

JM: What types of things did you have to do to avoid problems or fights with other inmates?
Maria: keep to yourself and try not to fall into the b-s
Tommy: draw portraits and holiday cards
Mark: see above
Marilyn: well being an inmate in jail isn't easy. some or most of the other inmates have either been there be for or have been there for several months. there are a lot of things you have to do & respect while in jail some cells inmates talk through toilets and you have to ask to go to bathroom or get in a possible fight. you have to watch were you step while climbing in to bed. ect...
Rafael: Just minding my own
Blair: I avoided fights by not speaking out of turn, not disrespecting others, never assuming anyone was my friend, showing each man that they were still a human being, even if the officers and other officials did not see them as such. Also, I am a religious man so I spent a lot of time reading the Bible so I was not seen as a threat.

JM: Were you able to choose an inmate as your cellmate if you knew one? How often would your cellmate(s) change?
Maria: no never
Tommy: i aint there to make friends
Mark: NO, you are assigned a bed when you dress out and you have no control
Marilyn: if you are placed in a pod and you know someone or want to get into a certain cell. to avoid problems you have to take a bed where there is one available or if someone agrees to let you have there spot. and usually you will have a new cellmate every week and a half .
Rafael: Yes some one I can trust. No I wouldn't change them
Blair: Cell mates were assigned based on bed availability and we had no say so. We got a new cell mate just as quickly as the previous one was released, roled out, or left after sentencing. My cell had 3 bunks and the longest time one was empty was about 3 days.

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