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Interview with Sarah, Sam, Corey, Emma and Jeff

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Sarah: yes
Sam: Yeah I did. They had 10 phones about which maybe 3 or 4 work ever working at a time.
Corey: no ,,not enough phones for all the inmates in the jail, cops dont enforce the phone policy "time allotted for each inmate"",,,so one guy can take the phone all day,,,,and if you have 10 guys doing that..then where do the rest get to go to use a phone.
Emma: We had pay phones in our facility, and we were only able to use them on our SHORT leisure time.
Jeff: yes but they are collect calls only

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Sarah: toll free
Sam: I don't remember because I mostly used calling cards.
Corey: 120$ but im not on the phone that much i can make 120$ last 3 months..
Emma: I only spoke on the phone with my mother. The charges were $1.75+ a minute, and we were only allowed 10 minutes on the phone. I did this everyday, at 10 minutes, and my mother spent well over $500.00 just to speak with me on the phone. I would say, if a person were to use the allowed time, everyday for just a period of a week, they have to average at least, $120.
Jeff: the charges are all collect and has a limit of 15 mins per call. and each 15min call was about 5 dollars. average per week 10 to 100 dollars

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Sarah: no
Sam: Yes, they had cards you could buy for $25 for 3 phone calls.
Corey: not when i was there we didnt,..might have change since then though
Emma: We did not need to buy phone cards, and I honestly wish I had to. The bill, went to the person we spoke with, and they were required to take care of the cost.
Jeff: no all the calls are collect

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Sarah: probaboy
Sam: Right. They did.
Corey: they screen eveyones calls,,some more then others if your a high profile case
Emma: The jail did in fact screen our calls. While I was serving time, one of the girls was speaking to a friend on hers on the phone, talking about something illegal and the jail ended up sending her upstate to prison as a result of screening the calls.
Jeff: yes all calls are recorded and they tell you before every call

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