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Telephones

Interview with Kelly, Bill, Katrina, Billy, Cory and Emily

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Kelly: I was able to use the phone. We could use the phone from 8:00 in the morning until 10:30 at night. There also was a phone to call the public defender. The cost was fifty cents and would be billed to whom you were calling as the call was collect. If there was a lock down, which happened sometimes, when individuals became unruly the phones were shut off.
Bill: In the holding pod there was a phone that only allowed collect calls to be made to land lines.
Katrina: You have access to telephones until 8
Billy: Yes we have regular access to phones
Cory: No, the inmates are locked down 85% of the day.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Kelly: Cost to use the phone was 50 cents billed to the person you were calling as all calls were collect.
Bill: Collect calls only
Katrina: If you don't have minutes prepaid to your phone it is 15.00 a call for fifteen minutes and about 20 dollars a week
Billy: The charges were 3.40 a call.The average money a week is Fifty dollars a week
Cory: each call is about 5.50 for about 5 minutes. So most inmates try to use the phone as less as possible.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Emily: no collect only
Kelly: We did not have phone cards but the phone was collect. There was no other way to make calls except to place collect calls.
Bill: you can.
Katrina: No they didn't offer phone cards
Billy: No we did need card to call out
Cory: No, your people had to subscribe to a company that the jail was set up with.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Emily: yes
Kelly: The phones were not monitored very well to my knowledge.
Katrina: Yes they screen and record all calls
Billy: Yes the jail screened our calls
Cory: I believe it was according to what you were in for they would screen the calls.

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