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Telephones

Interview with Jessica, Joe Smith, Rod, Ben and Jade

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Jessica: NO I DID NOT.
Joe Smith: Yes but the phone company that they used required your family on the outside to set up an account prior to you being able to call collect to them.
Rod: yes but alot had static or the phone call would cut off after the 2nd minute
Ben: you get three phone call and then you got to pay
Jade: YES BUT TONLY WHEN YOU ARE OUT OF THE CELL

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Jessica: I COULD NOT CALL ANYONE.
Joe Smith: Pretty steep.
Rod: collect
Ben: you have to set an account up in order to make phone calls and an inmate could easily spend 15-30 a week
Jade: EACH PHONE CALL IS ABOUT $15 AND THE REST OF THE CALLS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE ON AVERAGE $50 A WEEK.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Jessica: NO, I WAS NOT GIVEN THE OPTION.
Joe Smith: You had the option but you could also call collect
Rod: I believe u could
Ben: no you need to make an account an put money on it
Jade: YES OR YOUR FAMILY HAS TO PUT TIME ON THEIR PHONE.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Jessica: I WAS ALLOWED ONE CALL WHEN I WAS FIRST BOOKED. I CALLED MY GRANDMA TO COME AND GET MY CHILD..THEY DID SCREEN THIS CALL.
Joe Smith: They claimed to.
Rod: dnt know
Ben: yes they screened all 3 of my calls
Jade: YES, ALL CALLS ARE RECORDED.

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