CountyJail.net

Find El Paso County Jail inmates...

Jail Layout

Interview with Hillary, Tye, Eva, Richard and Victor

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Hillary: I'm not sure how many on the guy side. There are four female wards.
Tye: there used to be 8
Eva: there are 4 for females housing aprox. 300 females
Richard: quite a few, there was C1&2 D1&2 B1&2&3&4 A1&2&3 E1&2&3&4 F1&2&3&4 Gulf, work release
Victor: There is alpha 1 2 and 3 and the tower. that's for women but i don't know about male wards.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Hillary: hAlpha, echo, those are the only ones I remember. When you first get booked in, everybody goes into A-1. You are locked down most of the day. You are allowed out for 2 hours or something like that. You are in there for a week where you are classified, and then they put you in a regular ward where you are allowed out.
Tye: a b c d e f h i and metrro
Eva: female blocks are a1 a2 a3 which is the mental health block and there is the tower which is e aka echo and a aka is alpha
Richard: The names of the wards are Alpha bravo charlie delta echo gulf
Victor: Alpha 1 Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 and the Tower

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Hillary: Not sure.
Tye: felonies werer kept seperate from misdemeanors and classified as min medium and max. max felonies alwasy ended up at metro which was like shawshank redemption exept for the charm - yup.
Eva: variety of inmates ranging from misdemeanors to felony 1 which includes murderers when u first arrive u r evaluated and placed in mental health block then u r transfered to anyone of the blocks except a1 which houses people that have been sentenced to doc
Richard: Maximum points(murders robbers rapist) go to unit C1 2. Medium pointsD1 2 . Low points Tower (units E F G) Womens Alpha 1 2 3. fishtank b3 Hole b4 Adseg b1 suicide ward b2
Victor: Alpha 1 was for detox and to be punished. Alpha 2 is for mental or suicide watch. The hole is in Alpha 2. Alpha 3 is next level. bigger than alpha 1 and you get more unlocked time. The Tower is for many things and that where I ended up.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Hillary: The tower is the nicest part. It's the newer part. It's clean, and they have a library, and you can go outside whenever you want. They have a washer and dryer so you can wash your uniform if you want.
Tye: minimum units were 8 man cells with no doors and same with alot of the med units. max units used to have 2 - 4 man cell with iron bar doors shitty phones as well a s crappy visitation units too. they would cram as many extra bunk beds in there as would fit.
Eva: the nicest thing was most of the officers in the jail actually tried to help with issues that u may have needed help with. they were very involved with making your time as comfortable as possible. the worst part was and still is the food and cleanliness of the facility. i remember one time they served rice and one girl actually had maggots crawling in hers. to this day i can't eat white rice due to this incident
Richard: Nicest part is in charlie and delta you can atleast go outside every other day if its warm outside. The towers you can have more of a spending limit for your commissary, the worst part about c1 is you are only out of your cells for 3 HOURS a day. the worst part about the suicide wardB2 is you're requied to wear a green dress that isnt clothe.
Victor: The Tower you get more privileges. You can get gift basets sent and more unlocked time. Showers were better in Alpha 3. There is more room in Alpha 3. The Tower is smaller but you get more time out of your cell. I hated the hours we had to keep too.

Read about telephone access in the El Paso County Jail