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Medications

Interview with Zach, Trevor, Andy, Adam, Wesley, Jackie, Ruth, Kristal and Chris

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Zach: No, it takes days to see somebody even for a tooth ache.
Trevor: no
Andy: It takes forever to get your sick call.
Adam: I dont deal with medications of any type
Wesley: Yes. It was disribued bu yes when needed.
Jackie: yes they did pill call twice a day. once at 8 am and then not again until 10 pm.
Ruth: Yes you just had to see the doctor or psych
Kristal: no nor did take any prescribed medicine
Chris: It depended because the treatment is not up to par in there, they really dont care.

JM: How did you get your medications?
Zach: By MTA at pill call.
Trevor: 'PILL CALL' by location
Adam: I dont take it but it was a nurse and she had all the medications of people and kept it and they went to see her if they needed to take something because they didnt want people to take it on their own I guess but I dont know much about it
Wesley: hey come hru he cells yelling pill call and hey would sign you up to talk to someone who would assess your needs.
Jackie: we would have to walk out of our cells down to the opening door to our pod where a nurse would be with her cart, she would scan your wristband then give you your pills
Ruth: You got neicationg at pill call by filling out a kite to see the doctor and then talked to them about what you needed
Kristal: Not applicable, in my case but people whom needed their medication filled out a request to see the doctor so they can keep taking their medication.
Chris: Had to sign up for sick call to get treatment and medication, and a nurse would bring medication and watch you take it

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Zach: Write-ups, the hole, or a court case if they got real mad.
Andy: Losing your good times, getting rolled up to a different floor that limits a lot of your freedom.
Adam: Loss of rec time, sent to the hole for solitary, no workout time, loss of phone or library rights etc
Wesley: Yes i witnessed several occurances. The punishment was a minimum of loss of priviledges and they put you in the hole.
Jackie: you would get a major write up if you were found with any extra pills in your room, i never witnessed it first hand though.
Ruth: You were giving a write up and loss of privliges and were watched very carefully when at pill call after
Kristal: N/A the end result would be a write up and a roll up to Ramona (lock down) or sent to the main jail where there is 23hr lockdown
Chris: I did and it could be anything from lock down in confinement to all new charges for drug possession and use

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