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Interview with Fred, Alfred and Darryl

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Fred: There were 44 cells to one block and 2 men to a cell.
Alfred: 4 blocks that I know of.
Darryl: I am not really sure because it was spread out and separate.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Fred: It was just a number.
Alfred: I was told downtown,holding and then the white collar world.
Darryl: I think it was numbers, but I don't how many

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Fred: They did keep the violent offenders away from the non violent offenders.
Alfred: I didn't see many diffent types. They gave a interview in the beginning, and I was told hard case went to on block, less privilges and such. Other that were not going to give trouble to another block
Darryl: There was a totally separate section for the serious offenders, the murderers, the rapists and the child molesters and then there was a general intake section for the low level people

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Fred: It was okay there, I guess. The worst part was being locked in our cells at 8 p.m. every night.
Alfred: I really didnt see amny of the other blocks, I was only in there 4 days. The few blocks I saw where like mine. I saw thwe ones next to me and it was about the same hape and size. They had a lot more to in there with chess boards and things like that set up.
Darryl: The best part was the work outside people, they got to live in a dorm setting and got to go outside and work everyday the worst part had to be the intake because no one really knew what was going on and everyone was waiting to be classified by the jail

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