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Interview with Victor and Mike

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Victor: If you were in horrible pain they would give you ibuprofen. If you didn't want that they would give you tylenol. No matter how much pain you were in or what was wrong with you, they would give those to you. Often people would go to the psychologist and say they were having violent thoughts or hearing voices, they did this to either get high off of the medication or to "cheek" the medication and to sell it.
Mike: Yes I did have access to the medications I was on when in county jail.

JM: How did you get your medications?
Victor: They have the nurse cart come by and shut off the TVs and then they call it out and you wait in line. One person at a time.
Mike: I was brought down to the nurse, accompanied by a guard on a daily basis. The night time medicine was brought to me in a paper cup with a glass of water.

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Victor: I have seen people who had their cells searched and they found medications that were stashed. They usually go to the box for a period of time. It depends on the offense, how many times they were caught, how much, and if they snitch and offer the police information.
Mike: I didn't see any drug use. I did witness inmates fermenting fruit over a period of time to produce alcohol so I did see inmates who got drunk. The punishment was a week in solitary. It was considered an offense but not enough to add any time to the sentence.

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