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Interview with Harry, Qtip, Hanna, DoneMyTime, Linda, Missy, Josh, Alex, Chrissy, Gary, Charlie, Melissa, Harley, Billy and Jimmy

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Harry: Yes, they give you access to the phones from 6:00am until 10:00 pm.
Qtip: Yes
Hanna: In the first POD they had two free telephone which had a list. You could only use it twice and you had to sign up for your time slot the night before. It also had one collect telephone. There were 5 phones, 3 worked. In the next POD all 5 phones worked but they were no longer free calls, they were all collect.
DoneMyTime: yes
Linda: YES
Missy: YES FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 11:00 P.M..
Josh: Yes. The Inmate Handbook indicates that the telephones are turned off at 10:00 p.m.; however, I found that the telephones in M-2 and L-2 were available from 9 a.m. to Midnight. All calls were collect calls and must be made to a land line. Some pods had free phones, but many did not and those that did often had inoperable phones. Telephone calls cut off after 30 minutes and automatically disconnect if the recipient attempts to dial other numbers.
Alex: Yes. The arrangement was weird. Half of the telephones placed collect calls while the other half placed direct calls. The phones were only operable during certain hours of the day.
Chrissy: YES
Gary: yes but cant afford the bill
Charlie: Yes, although at times it could be hard to use them because people would be on them all the time.
Melissa: When in the pit before entering population there are 4 phones available for women and 5 phones available for men. Each sex has to use the phones designated for their own sex. These calls are free and you can use these phones as long as there is good behavior from all of the inmates. If the inmates upset the guards, the phones are shut off. You are allowed 5 minutes. Once your 5 minutes is up you need to sit down and allow someone else to make a call. If no one else wants to use the phone the guards will allow you to go back up. If you and other inmates need to use the phones still, you will just take turns. The guards will hang up on inmates who after their first 5 minutes call again if other inmates are waiting. Once I got into general population and placed into my pod, there were 3 phones. One phone was free of charge. The inmates previously in the pod had a list with names and added our names to the list when me and the other new inmates walked in for use of the free phone. I heard once you leave the first pod, the other pods have phones but they are not free.
Harley: yes but its not free
Billy: YES WE ALL HAD ACRESS TOO THE PHONE
Jimmy: no not really they cut them on where there ready

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Harry: You have to call collect; I believe it is a couple dollars even for a local call.
Qtip: 1.67 per call i believe
Hanna: If it was a local collect call, it was a dollar something for the first minute and .80 cents for every additional minute. The time limit on these calls was 30 minutes. And you had this annoying recording that came one three times during your 30 minutes which wasted you time slot. If you made a long distance call, it was $4.54 for the first minute and then $1.00 for every additional minute, with a 30 minute time limit as well.
DoneMyTime: collect only an average 30 minute call $32.00
Linda: LONG DISTANCE
Missy: 1.75 PER CALL.
Josh: The collect calls were assessed to the recipient and were approximately 7 cents per minute.
Alex: None. However, with any phone you used, when the person you call answers, they hear this overly long and pointless recorded message and just about everyone I called hung up before that message was done.
Chrissy: BILLING BY THE MINUTES WITH GLOBAL TELLIN
Charlie: I am unsure about the average inmate, but my mom put $20 on the phone a month for me and I was only able to call about twice a month, sometimes only once.
Melissa: I do not know this information.
Harley: they charges alot 5 dollars a call , a week u well spend up too $ 80 dollars
Billy: 100 DOLLARS A WEEK, YES WEALL HAD TOO PAY FOR THE PHONES YOUR PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE HAD TOO PUT MONEY ON YOUR PHONE THEN U CANT FROM INSDE THE JAIL
Jimmy: your family had too put money on the phone so u can call out 100 dollars a week for me

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Harry: No, it was all collect only.
Qtip: Nope
Hanna: No, but whom ever you where call on the outside could buy minutes to put on their phone so that it would work like a pre-paid phone.
DoneMyTime: no you are not allowed. that would be a fair thing to do so your loved ones don't have to pay expensive fees
Linda: MY FAMILY HAD TO ADD MIN. TO THEIR PHONE.
Missy: NO.
Josh: No. This is not permitted.
Alex: No.
Chrissy: NO
Charlie: No, the person you wanted to call had to put money on their phone number through the jail in order for you to call them.
Melissa: I do not know this information.
Harley: no u cant buy phone cards.. u have too put money on your phone in the free word
Billy: NO YOUR PEOPLE PUT MONEY ON THE PHONE 4 U
Jimmy: no just have too have money on your phone

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Harry: I heard that they did monitor phone calls but was never caught saying or doing anything wrong.
Qtip: sure did
Hanna: Yes
DoneMyTime: yes, it says so on the recording
Linda: I'M PRETTY SURE THEY DID.
Missy: OF COURSE.
Josh: No, but they may be monitored as inidcated by a conspicuous disclosure.
Alex: Possibly. I would not know.
Chrissy: YES THEY SCREEN EVERY CALL\
Gary: of course they do
Charlie: Yes, the jail monitored all calls made, and would disconnect you if you were talking to people you were not allowed to talk to, for example, someone related to your case.
Melissa: A recording comes on after you dial a number and tells you the jail records all calls.
Harley: yes all the time they screen all calls
Billy: YES THEY DID EVERYBODYS CALLS
Jimmy: yes they did everybody calls like that

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