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Visitor Policy

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

JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Maria: twice a week
Tommy: twice a week
Mark: You are allowed 2 half hour visits a week
Marilyn: you get two thirty minute visits a week, and if you work in the jail u get three
Rafael: Twice a week
Blair: Inmates were allowed two 30 minute visits per week. There were three different days that family could visit. I was a porter so I got an extra visit per week.

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Maria: yes about a hour
Tommy: no
Mark: I don't know
Marilyn: my kids and husband would come to visit and they said yes it was lengthy and they are slow. depending on the time a day it was longer in evening and weekends
Rafael: No my visitors never really had a problem
Blair: Yes. If the lobby was crowded then my family would have to wait up to an hour, sometimes longer. My family would come early in the morning to beat the crowds.

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Maria: behind the glass
Tommy: no contact visits
Mark: talk thru glass on a phone
Marilyn: DISGUSTING... first of all they don't clean this area for inmates or visitors. So you are putting your mouth up to a phone u don't know what the person before you did to it or if they were sick. and you have no privacy because u have other inmates in the room with u and can hear everything you say
Rafael: Loud inmates yelling at their vistors.
Blair: The visiting room was to alleys separated by a piece of glass. There were 12 sitting areas. We spoke through telephones, sat on uncomfortable metal seats in cold and smelly conditions. We were watched by the tower. The only good thing was that if the guards liked you, or if it was not busy, the guards would give you additional time with your family.

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