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Interview with Karen

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Karen: There were two different Dorms that housed approximately 125 female inmates per dorm.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Karen: They were cell 41 and cell 42. The cell 41 was the honor dorm where the better behaved inmates could do work detail to lower their sentences and help pass the time spent there.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Karen: High risk or dangerous inmates were housed in solitary confinement, low risk and well behaved inmates were housed in the "honor" dorm, and regular inmates were housed in cell 42.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Karen: Being able to have the deputy lunches, that was part of the reward for doing labor detail. Also having the opportunity to do labor detail. Labor workers were respected more by the deputies than normal inmates. The worst parts were lock down, being punished for other inmates immature behavior, or having early lights out because of the noise level. Also the inmates who didn't do labor detail or have to get up early to go to work didn't respect the ones who did, and made a lot of noise in the bunk area when workers were trying to sleep.

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