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Interview with Karl, Christine and Drew

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Karl: Cards, checkers, chess, handball or walk around the handball court,, drawing, the church people would come from time to time. You could buy pens and paper.
Christine: In my pod I had class , meetings, movies . Occasionally we played wall ball and baseball . I was in a program pod so we did our workbooks . There was a little library so we could read if we wanted to . We had some church people come and give a concert once that was cool .
Drew: I was in school pod so other than school, we had basketball, a ping pong table, board games, cards, work out area, a Radio, and a projector to watch movies. This was considered a honor pod so most pods do have any of this but basketball. . . . . .

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Karl: There were books and magazines floating around that were harder to get a hold of. To get a newspaper or magazine, someone on the outside would have to buy you a subscription, so the things to read inside the jail are in high demand.
Christine: I'm not sure what u mean . Every one got a fair chance to participate . It was more like a first come first serve . The good seats to watch a movie . Who got there first to get the good books . It was like that . Class and meeting wasn't to big of a deal . Everyone had a seat .
Drew: Yes in D-8 we did have access to this entertainment really no competition there was many board games and decks of cards that where available and movies where always updated on a sd card so we had a good selection of movies and basket ball we had two to use

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Karl: Yes and no. You're not at a five star restaurant so you don't get the best food. I walked a lot in the handball area. I have stomach problems, and couldn't eat all the foods they served without throwing up.
Christine: All you so is eat . The regular food sucks in thee . It's gross . So you have to by snacks . At MDC they don't have a yard or anything big enough to get proper exercise . A lot of people gained a lot of weight .
Drew: Very, Other than run, I would not use work out equipment or play ball, it was all very unsanitary most inmates did not mind touching equipments but I was aware of all types of fungus or infections in jail so I would only jog.

JM: How often did you get to go outside? What did you do outside if you were allowed to? If you were not allowed to go outside what could you do for exercise?
Karl: Usually anytime you are out of your cell the outside was open. If somebody was caught smoking outside or something you could lose the privilege to go outside for the day.
Christine: They let us out about four hours a day . But in that time you had to do everything . Get on the phone , take a shower , eat , clean . It's not enough time to get exercise in . I would just play wall ball or walk around .
Drew: Usually every day as long as we where not locked down or it was raining.door for out side was always open for us. . .

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Karl: I didn't personally attend any but yes, they were offered.
Christine: Yes they did . We had bible study once a week . It was good . A positive message is always good
Drew: not really but some people would come in once a week for bible study. if you consider that church, I never attended only a few inmates would attend.

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