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Interview with Blunt, Charles, Patrick, Ryan, TJ and U.N. Owen

JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Blunt: twice a week
Charles: There was a schedule. I think I saw a schedule on one of the websites.
Patrick: twice a week if sentenced and three times a week if being held
Ryan: 3 days a week
TJ: often
U.N. Owen: I'd never have visitors.

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Blunt: very very lengthy an troublesome
Charles: Yes. I had two visits and I had to change into a prison uniform to see visitors.
Patrick: yeah they hated it
Ryan: yeah
TJ: yes

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Blunt: it was in a nasty dirty gym
Charles: A big room with round colorful tables and lots of families. Some prisoners could only talk with visitors through a glass partition.
Patrick: officers watching everything made a sudden move and you where removed it was the worst
Ryan: hot
TJ: stressful you had to watch out for enemies,

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