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Telephones

Interview with Blake, Tyra, Greg and Eric

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Blake: If we where not on lock down, we had open phones.
Tyra: yes.
Greg: Yes we were allowed to make Collect Calls whenever we were not locked down due to fights or stuff like that.
Eric: Yes, a few hours a day, and at 11pm until 5 am they were shut off, but mostly yes.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Blake: Highway robbery. It averaged out around 3-5 dollars a minute to call.
Tyra: I have no idea. I never called a soul
Greg: I only made one short phone call for about 10 minutes and never found out how much it cost my friend.
Eric: I spent 20 dollars a day, in my opinion it is ridiculous, if I did not have a somewhat affluent family it would have been a major burden. However most inmates who used the phone spend at least 50 dollars a week on telephone calls from what I saw. Some however spent none.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Blake: it was all collect only.
Tyra: NA
Greg: I dont think we could use them.
Eric: No it was not an option, you had to have someone on the outside to accept charges or prepay for their line. People requested calling cards on commissary as it would be easier to speak to people if they didnt have to choose to accept charges.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Blake: The jail screened all the calls
Tyra: NA
Greg: There was sign's saying they were being screened and a recorded voice that would break in every couple minutes letting us know it was being screened.
Eric: Yes, all calls are screened.

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