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Interview with Rod, Kerry, Milton and James

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Rod: I DON'T KNOW I THINK THERE WERE 19 DIFFERENT PODS THAT HOUSED APPROX. 39 PEOPLE IN EACH. THAT'S JUST THE ONES THAT I COULD SEE.
Kerry: i can't say i can recall
Milton: One through twelve and fourteen through nineteen
James: There are numerous blocks at the Banning jail, as they expanded it a few years ago. I imagine it is up to a dozen or so.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Rod: PODS. SECTORS. BAYS. BLOCKS. DORMS. THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT NAMES.
Kerry: i can't say i can recall any names or such
Milton: They were numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19 units 12,14,15,16,17 had smaller pods in them from A-G
James: They are numbered and then each unit within a block would be given a letter....up to 'G'.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Rod: THEY ARE NOT SEGREGATED. ALL RACES ARE HOUSED TOGETHER. ALL DIFFERENT CRIMES ARE HOUSED TOGETHER. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE SEPARATED ARE THOSE WHO ARE ON SUICIDE WATCH, OR PEOPLE WHO POSE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. PC.
Kerry: the sheriffs did not give a lot of info regarding the other pods as far as ican recall the sheriffs were pretty mum on topics such as that one as it were
Milton: Some were girls other were state prison inmates other were protective custody inmates other were for first time people in jail and two units were for the inmate workers of the jail
James: Well ever since the new AB109 law was passed there are inmates doing prison terms entirely at the county jail, so they would be housed together. Then there is the protective custody inmates who are housed within a block. Lower level non-violent inmates are usually housed together when possible and another criteria might be pre-sentenced inmates and post-sentenced inmates housed apart.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Rod: THEY WERE ALL ABOUT THE SAME. EXCEPT ONE AREA WAS GENERAL POPULATION, AND ONE WAS 23 HOUR A DAY LOCK DOWN.
Kerry: well as far as i acn recall the nicest part about the whole thing is that they pretty much let you sleep as much as you wanted to for the most part.But at the same time it was pretty noisy in ther all of the time so sleeping did get hard to come by
Milton: Well Sommer latest of the jail were cells and that was Rhett need jail and it war pretty nice and the other part of the jail was open dorm with bunk vedas on each side which was a older part of the jail and things were just always braking and would stop working
James: If you are housed in a two man cell it is relly difficult if your cellmate is someone who you don't particularly like. Let's say you are the type of inmate who is a little older and would prefer to do there time reading or quieting yourself, and you are housed in a cell with a younger kid who is at the cell door all day when there isn't dayroom yelling and shouting out to his buddies in other cells. That can be annoying. The nicer parts might be if you have a cellmate who you have something in common with, particularly how you prefer to do your time, and that makes it much easier to get through.

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