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Telephones

Interview with Clara, Carlos, Oscar and Lori

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Clara: yes
Carlos: There were 2 phones on each side of the wall. 4 phones all together for 32 people.
Oscar: no. I can not answer this any further as I don't know the procedures for this out come as I had always been in custody and am not sure what you want to know else.
Lori: Yeah there were two phones in every pod.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Clara: it was ridiculous!
Carlos: It was a collect phone call.
Oscar: each jail had a different rate, but average for local was $2.15 for fifteen minutes.
Lori: The amount charged for phone calls was out of hand. I believe it was around .75 cents per minute. Therefore, inmates barely used the phones.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Clara: no
Carlos: You can buy a five dollar phone card from the commissary. And they would put that on an account that matched up with your wristband number so when you called, you had to punch in that number. Got to be pointless because there was always somebody looking over your shoulder at your wrist to steal your number.
Oscar: you could if you needed to, but no.
Lori: No, you need money in your commissary account. they deducted money from there.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Clara: yes
Carlos: They listen to every call. They record everything and match it against your wrist band number. That way if you call somebody you shouldn't they will have a record of that.
Oscar: yes I can not answer this any further as I don't know the procedures for this out come as I had always been in custody and am not sure what you want to know else.
Lori: Yes.

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