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Interview with John, Scott, Aaron, Bruce and Sammy

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
John: You could only use TElephones during emergencys or the scheduled rec time. Or if you went to see a social worker.
Scott: YES WE DID HAVE REGULAR ACCESS.
Aaron: I had regular access to the phones but they took a whil;e to approve my call list it took them almost my whole stay.
Bruce: We had,access to phones when we had recreation time.
Sammy: Yes we had regular access

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
John: The charges for phone calls were basically 5-7$ calls ,i would say the average inmate spends easily about 50$ on calls per week.
Scott: THE CALLS ALL TOGETHER ARE ABOUT 8 DOLLARS A CALL. I GUESS THE AVERAGE INMATE SPENDS 20-200$
Aaron: if I had to guess I would say about $50 dollars a week on phone calls because that is what makes them feel better about being in jail, the fact that they can still reach there loved ones.
Bruce: The charges for a phone call are like 8 dollars,and inmate could spend anywhere from 8-250$ per week it all depend on the person accepting the calls.
Sammy: The types of charges that applied were basically like 10 dollar phone calls. People could spend on a week about 80 dollars easy.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
John: No just have your PEOPLE set up the phone with the jail.
Scott: NO WE JUST HAD TO SET THE PHONES UP WITH THE JAIL OR BE ABLE TO EXCEPT COLLECT CALLS.
Aaron: yes you need to buy a phone card to call out.
Bruce: No we did not have to.
Sammy: No we didn't have to buy phone cards

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
John: Yes the jail did and does screen calls especially depending on who the inmate is.
Scott: YEA THEY DID SCREEN OUR CALLS.
Aaron: yes the jail screens everyones calls.
Bruce: Yes the jail did screen calls
Sammy: Yes the jail sure did

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