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Interview with Joe, Walter, Wendy, Ella and Annie

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Joe: like 5
Walter: There were a couple different blocks in the jail. I believe there were 4.
Wendy: I don't know - it is a large facility.
Ella: One major block for housing females and bays with 2 beds in each on an upper and lower level.
Annie: Delta north and delta south just two for women

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Joe: ?
Walter: I believe it was just Block 1, 2, 3, 4.
Wendy: Not that I know of - there was a womens side and a mens side.
Ella: I believe the facility identified them in letters. A,B,C etc.
Annie: Delta north and delta south were the name of the two blocks for women

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Joe: there's the hole
Walter: The ones in my block were just DWI type offenses, drug charges and petty theft. Other blocks had sex offenders, murderers and more violent crimes but I didn't get to interact too much with other blocks as they want to keep you spearate.
Wendy: This really isn't applicable for me, as I wasn't aware of the different blocks. Lino Lakes has a mens side and a womens side. I know that they keep violent offenders separate from non-violent offenders for most of the transition periods to avoid problems, but other than that I'm not aware of the different blocks.
Ella: To my knowledge all females were sent to Lino Lakes Med. security and I don't know what the determination is on what male offenders are sent there other than overflow housing. Females only filled one block and males filled all others.
Annie: Women only but sometimes people need to be kept deprecated for their case so that's why there is two units, or if a fight breaks out between two inmates they need to be able to separate them

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Joe: no
Walter: As I stated before, I did not get to see the other blocks as they wanted to keep us separate. They keep people with crimes a like together. They will not put a DWI offender with a rapist and we did not have recreation or meals with the other blocks.
Wendy: This really isn't applicable for me, as I wasn't aware of the different blocks. Lino Lakes has a mens side and a womens side. I know that they keep violent offenders separate from non-violent offenders for most of the transition periods to avoid problems, but other than that I'm not aware of the different blocks.
Ella: I was only in the one block but first and foremost was the open space and room to move were the nicest. The worst part about the block was the bays containing the sleeping bunks are only seperated by a retaining type wall that did not go all the way to the ceiling so there was not much privacy or way to get away from the noise.
Annie: I like the layout for the guards desk in the dayroom, and the guard inmate interaction it made you feel like you were still a person, and the worse part was the temperature and it stunk. There is no real sunshine, only a dull greyish light which comes thru the thick narrow windows, and the lack of fresh air sucked.

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