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Telephones

Interview with Joe, Walter, Wendy, Ella and Annie

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Joe: if you're not in holding where it's almost impossible. otherwise yeah, but it's only collect.
Walter: Yes I did and it was important when I was in the actual Jail.
Wendy: Yes, there were pay phones available.
Ella: Yes, there were about 4 or 5 phones available for use at all times.
Annie: Collect calls that are 10 minutes a call

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Joe: like 1.75 or something
Walter: I don't remember as I did not get the bill but I believe it was pretty expensive.
Wendy: Collect calling charges - I don't know what the amounts were, I didn't call anyone while I was in there other than my mom a couple of times, but she didn't tell me how much the calls cost.
Ella: There was a collect call fee of I want to say 1.75 for local collect calls. On an average I would say an inmate spends 10-50 dollars on phone calls depending on whether they are local or long distance.
Annie: Calls were around 3.00 each and that was local so I guess the average inmate spends or racks up about 30-50 dollars a week in calls

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Joe: no, you can't. calls to landlines via collect only
Walter: No, you would have to call collect and the party would need to accept the charges
Wendy: No, they had payphones that you had to call collect from.
Ella: Not at this facility but almost all others I did.
Annie: You can buy phone cards for prepaid calls or call collect

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Joe: i'm sure they're recorded
Walter: Yes they do, I do not know what they were looking for though
Wendy: Yes, of course - you're in jail, not free.
Ella: The recordings always say they do.
Annie: Yes the record all calls

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