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Interview with Hillary, Tye, Eva, Richard and Victor

JM: Did you find it difficult to get along with other inmates? Please give examples to explain why you did or didn't.
Hillary: No. I basically just stayed to myself. I had a cellmate that I got along with pretty well.
Tye: some times it was hard to get a long with the other inmates because the house older people and young kids together in the same cell block. ther were many age related clashes
Eva: no, i usually can be cordial with any type of person..i am a very friendly outgoing person. when i was incarcerated in this facility i had a very low self esteem so i would do things for acceptance. so i just found it better for myself to stay away from other inmates so i wasn't involoved in the drama or situations with other inmates
Richard: Yes everybody just had to act so sheisty, sometimes for no reason but a minute gain of extra food, most of them were drug addicts or murderers so off the bat it was difficult to relate
Victor: I did not have trouble getting along with others. I did always try to be nice and mind my own business. I wasn't hurt or threatened by any one ever.

JM: What types of things did you have to do to avoid problems or fights with other inmates?
Hillary: I stayed to myself.
Tye: stay out of the day room alot. stay in my room and read alot of the time. stayin g on your own schedule is the key to avoiding any hassles - keep your own work out times. eat and associate with only the people you know personally and dont vouch for anyone
Eva: i pretty much stayed to myself unless someone approached me wanting to play cards or whatever..other than that i was in such a depressed state that i stayed to myself. i did a lot of room time reading and writing letters i was hardly around the other inmates because i was terrified of any type of conflict
Richard: i actually fought but things you can do is, remain by yourself and talk to nobody, you dont ever have to fight if you just carry yourself right and stay completely out of the mix and just do your own routine and dont cross anybody for any reason like even for playing a game, that can lead to a fight even
Victor: nothing really. This question is asking for a lot of words that I don't really have. I never saw a fight - almost one happened - but I was never in a fight nor did I ever see a real fight break out. I just minded my own business every day.

JM: Were you able to choose an inmate as your cellmate if you knew one? How often would your cellmate(s) change?
Hillary: No.
Tye: if i could choose my cell mate i would choose some one i know and stick with them until either i was sentenced or they were - so not very often
Eva: no, they would not accomodate our wants. inmates changed on a daily basis sometimes 2 and 3 times a day. there were some officers that if they felt there was a conflict would do what they could to switch inmate/ cellmates but otherwise u would have to dealwith it
Richard: yes you can, but only if certain deps worked, more of the seasoned deps allowed it, most deps said no, unless you were going to fight with your current one, and at the same time it was pointless to move a celly in, celly's change time varies, from hours to maybe weeks if youre lucky with a good celly, you pretty much have to change cellys every 2 weeks, its horrible living with another grown man in such a small cell for so long i dont care who he is, i actually lost friends for being cellys too long
Victor: Never got to chose cellmate. and cellmates often changed especially when I got changed around from Alpha 1 to Alpha 3 then the Tower. And cell mates were changed off and on. I had no conrol.

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