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Interview with Allie and Jason

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Allie: For the women there are only 2. For the men, I think there are 20.
Jason: i was only in housing unit 7 and housing unit 9

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Allie: They are called housing units and they are identified by numbers.
Jason: no they were just call tears and housing units thats it.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Allie: Women are in 1 and 2. 1 is medical, probation holds and medassess, max security. 2 is general population and working unit for in house work. I don't know too much about the mens. I know they have a total lockdown units and a few working units. The rest is general population.
Jason: in my unit we had a lot of people who took meds and it was basically the Norte unit split custody minimum security and max security tears were ran at different intervults

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Allie: In housing unit 1, the deputies were extremely disrespectful and mean and really harsh. Housing Unit 2 had more privileges and were locked down less. There was an exercise bike in housing unit 1.
Jason: the worst part was the fact that it was sooooo boring i haveing no cards and no action is very simple and for the most part predictable. alltho its a good thing it dosnt make the time go bye fast at all. the good thing is they show really great movies on saturdays

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