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Interview with Tom, Sonja, Kurt and Marshall

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Tom: There were 10 quads. They had cells with 2 guys per cell.
Sonja: I don't even remember. 3 for girls and alot more for guys.
Kurt: i think their were 6
Marshall: In the new jail there is 14 quads. Quad 13 and 14 are usually for the violent offenders. The one I was in (Quad 13) at the time had 6 people there on murder charges.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Tom: They just gave them numbers.
Sonja: I think that they went by letters. Like unit A or B.
Kurt: yes they went, a, b, c d and so on
Marshall: no, just numbers, with 4 I believe being medical and 6 being psych.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Tom: I think they kept the violent guys in there own quad. They also put the younger ones in the old jail and the older guys at the newer building.
Sonja: Girls had long term normally for woman that were already sentenced and knew they were going to be there for awhile. general population mainly for all the woman who just got arrested. and maximum lock down for violent crimes or for getting in trouble in custody.
Kurt: ppeople who had jobs and got to leave for work were in a seperate section and people in solitary confinement were in another section, and a dragqueen was sent somewhere else
Marshall: The higher the level quad meant the more violent, more rowdy and generally younger populace. As I said before most of the older crowd will be housed in the "clock tower".

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Tom: Can't recall anything being nice about that place. The worst was on Sunday's you only got two meals. I know cause I worked in the kitchen while I was there.
Sonja: The nicest part about long-term was the fact that we got our own beds and didn't have to share a bunk. We also got to leave to go to rec which was cool. The worst is the tv was really small and not colored. The toilets are out in the open which is gross when you're sharing them and the showers with 14 other women.
Kurt: I only got to see the area that i was in, i didnt see the other two sections, it all seemed the same to me , nothing really stood out as being nice or as bad, it was dusty and the beds was stiff and uncomfortable, but i liked having my own cell
Marshall: The people didnt vary too much, it seemed as though the guards did though. In the lower quads they got the nicer C.o.'s with more priveledge and freedom where as us in the higher quad units were treated more as animals and children than actual living, breathing, feeling human beings.

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