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Telephones

Interview with Bill, Rochelle, Joyce, Mikey, Eric, Kirk, Janelle and Claudia

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Bill: Yes, when they are in good repair. 2 to 4 phones each dorm. Sometimes phones are hard to get to at night when there is a long line.
Rochelle: Yes, you just add your name to the phone list daily.
Joyce: Yes the phones were accesible
Mikey: during daytime rec hours we did
Eric: No. Phones were available at certain times. You get in line and wait your turn. People got into fights often over the length of a call.
Kirk: You have access to a charge phone from ten am. until eight pm.
Janelle: Yes as long as one was free
Claudia: Yes, we had regular access to telephones.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Bill: Service Provider: Global Tel*Link Local: $2.49/15 minute Long Distance: $4.84/first minute and 89cents each additional minute In addition, calling cell phones or any other type of line that requires prepaid collect call accounts, there was an additional $5 to $7 service fee when paying with Visa/Mastercard
Rochelle: Your party accept the call was all it took
Joyce: I am not sure of the charges, but my family had t buy minutes with a certain phone company in order for me to be able to call home.
Mikey: i think it was 8.50 for a 15 minute phone call and i know i spent at least 30 dollars a week
Eric: I don't know the costs associated with using the phone. All calls, local as well as long distance, had to be made on a collect basis.
Kirk: 3 dollars per phone call. On average most spend twenty-five to fifty dollars a week.
Janelle: The family bought phone time by credit card or western union I think. If I recall it was $25 per five calls
Claudia: The person would have to put minutes on the phone. I would say the average was $20.00 week

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Bill: No. All phone calls are collect calls only.
Rochelle: No
Joyce: Yes, or either add money to an account through western union and the calls would be subtracted from the fund
Mikey: no you did not need to
Eric: No. In order to call anyone, even someone local, you had to call them collect. If they wouldn't accept the collect call, you weren't going to talk with them!
Kirk: no. Someone on the outside has to set up an account.
Janelle: No the family buys phone time
Claudia: No, I did not need to buy a phone card.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Bill: Yes. "All inmate telephone calls are recorded. The use of call forwarding or 3 way calling is prohibited and may result in termination of this call"
Rochelle: I am not sure
Joyce: I am pretty sure they did because I have seen stories on the news about inmates in high profile cases and they would release transcripts of their calls
Mikey: yes they screen all calls
Eric: I'm not sure whether calls are screened. I do think they listen in, at least occasionally.
Kirk: Yes they tell you they monitor all calls.
Janelle: Yes. They tell you they listen in
Claudia: Yes, the jail screened all calls.

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