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Medications

Interview with Tom, Sonja, Kurt and Marshall

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Tom: I could have used some but I didn' get it because they said my prescription was expired.
Sonja: no we did not have complete access. certain medications aren't allowed
Kurt: they wouldnt let me take one because it was a low dose
Marshall: For the most part yes, ha and usually access to anyone elses' who happened to be more hungry than sick at the time being as well..

JM: How did you get your medications?
Tom: They made medical rounds to hand it out to those who got medicine.
Sonja: The nurse came to each unit 2 times a day and the inmates line up at the door as she hands the medications to each person.
Kurt: I brought them in with me when i arrived at the facility,you got them at the nurse station at night
Marshall: I didn't have any regularly scheduled medications. Just the checking of my stitches from the k-9 bite at first and the last week of my stay I ran a fever of 104 degrees for six days straight which put me in a week long lock down and the nurses would bring me Tylenol 3 times daily.

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Tom: They'd put you in lock down.
Sonja: You could lose your good time if you were sentenced. They would probably move you into maximum lockdown by yourself. You could get a new charge for that too. Yes i've seen it happen.
Kurt: if you got caught sharing your meds you werent allowed to have them anymore, i didnt ehear of anyone getting caught with drugs
Marshall: witnessed, partook, engineered, watched out for. It's rather rampant in there if I do say so myself... Between the pain pills, sleep meds, and homemade hooch most people find a way to stay inebriated in one way or another. The Penalty is a felony in the controlled substance category.

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