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Interview with Rachel, Paula and Lindsey

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Rachel: I DON'T KNOW.
Paula: Four wings with 2 block per wing
Lindsey: For the women's side there was only one block and i am not sure how many blocks were on the mens side, but it was definitely ALOT bigger.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Rachel: I DON'T KNOW. LETTER DESIGNATIONS, I THINK.
Paula: Yes. A block: Upper/Lower Wing B block: Upper/Lower Wing C block: Upper/Lower Wing D block: Upper/Lower Wing
Lindsey: The blocks were just named after letters in the alphabet like I was in C-Pod and they were also called pods not blocks.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Rachel: MEN SEPARATE FROM WOMEN. EACH (SEX) ALSO HAD PROTECTION CELLS THAT WERE ONE-PERSON
Paula: You were housed based on classification. Classification included type of charge, degree of felony, previous arrest/conviction record, previous history of violence, and previous record, if any, of diciplinary actions or write ups
Lindsey: On the womens side on this specific jail there wasn't really any order to who they put where. I believe on the men's side they would put specific men with other men with similar charges but where i was at it was just 3 tanks, the suicide hole, and solitary cofinement.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Rachel: NICEST: REASONABLY FRESH PAINT (AND GOOD CLEANING DONE BY THE INMATES IN THE CELLS) WORST: YOU BASICALLY HAD TO GET NAKED (TO GO TO THE SHOWERS) BECAUSE YOU WERE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE OBSERVATION WINDOWS.(OR TO THE TOILET)
Paula: I only spent time in (1) block. The nicest thing was being allowed to watch TV 24hrs a day. The worst part was overcrowding sometimes lead to inmates having to sleep on the floor in plastic "boats". That always seemed to higher tension within the actual cell as there simply wasn't room to walk around without stepping on other inmate's beds and property
Lindsey: The nicest part about my block was this one guard her name was Shontay and she made my time a whole lot easier. She would come in and talk with me for an hour sometimes just about whatever help pass time on her shift and helped pass time for my day.

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