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Interview with Darryl, Ralph and Cheryl

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Darryl: Just rec time really. They had AA and church services. Rec time was 1 hour per day. You could go walk and work out in a basketball place. They also had a volleyball court outside. Each pod had 2 TV's
Ralph: very few. a broken tv and an hour in a rec room every other day. 18 hours a day or more was spent in lock down on the women's mod
Cheryl: they offerd a couple classes and programs like church, AA, DA, footsteps, GED we also went to rec everyday after dinner weather permitting we went to the libary and had a day area with games books and a TV we could also get paper and pencils to write letters or drawl or take a shower

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Darryl: With the TV you always had to vote on stuff to watch.
Cheryl: during our out time we were able to watch tv pretty such it was who ever got there first go to choose what we watched and there was occationaly fights about it but most of us used our out time to socialize and play cards so we didnt pay much attention to what was on

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Darryl: Yes because there isn't really that much to do.
Ralph: ys
Cheryl: yes its hard to stay in shape you spend 19 hours a day in a small cell with another person so you didnt move around much

JM: How often did you get to go outside? What did you do outside if you were allowed to? If you were not allowed to go outside what could you do for exercise?
Darryl: Once a day.
Ralph: never allowed outside
Cheryl: we went outside daily for 45 min there was a track and some work out equipment and also a volly ball net and basket ball hoops

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Darryl: Yes, they were offered on Sunday evenings.
Ralph: yes, they were good. held in a small room around a table. many went just because it was a way to get out of the cell
Cheryl: the jail offerd alot of church programs there was bible study 3 nights a week and 2 differnt services on the weekend for church

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