JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time? Ivan: I remember I participated in programs such as the
substance abuse treatment program and anger
management. We also played sports in the yard as I
liked to play volleyball in the summer, and we
could attend church services on the weekends and
Bible studies during the week. There were also
other types of services for other religions, but
the prison restricted inmates to only attend one
religion of each one's choice. Bobby: GED, gym basketball when it's nice out cards tv your job to do.
You can write to people .. You can use the phone .. Not much
but better then looking at four walls ..lunch breakfast and
dinner time too that's when All the fun happened everyday It
never changed
JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details. Ivan: I never tried to compete with the entertainment at
prison as I was trying to avoid fights. There were
televisions out in the yards, and I would just
watch whatever they had posted on the television
sets. We were allowed to have our own black and
white televisions in our cells, and we had our own
radios. I always used my headphones. Bobby: Big competion all the time
For all that shit. The phone was the biggest thing Hearn a lived
one in the phone and being able to talk to someone outside of
the jail was the biggest fight.. And the next thing was the
television. Books we all shared eachother books and
maginzines all the time that was a big deal.
JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail? Ivan: I used to exercise very hard when I was in jail as
health and fitness were always a big part of my
life. I had subscriptions to men's health and I
devised some creative ways to stay in shape in my
cell. Bobby: Nope, everyday more then once a day for an hour
Or two I would go and work out. Run, jumping. Jacks anything.
I had to burn time some how
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? Ivan: I could go outside twice a day if I wasn't on a
punitive status, but I used to exercise in my cell
by rolling my mattress up into a cilinder and
wrapping it up with sheets to use as a weight for
lat raises. I would put my feet on the bars and
grab them with my hands in a crunched up position
to use my body weight for resistance as I pulled
myself towards the bars. I would do push-ups,
squats, and sit-ups. Bobby: We were allowed to go out side when it was nice out and if the
unit we were in was behaving some people were singles out
JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held? Ivan: I used to attend the Catholic Church Services at
different facilities as a priest always came in to
run the mass and different sacraments. Bobby: Yes the jail did. They were held Sundays. And it was okay a
lot ok inmates went. We need forgiveness