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Interview with Diana

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Diana: Church, Bible study (face to face, as well as correspondence, cards, games, books, the rec yard, the choices program (women's health organization that hosted sex education seminars), Cape Fear Regional (Free HIV and syphilis testing services), AA and magazines available to pass the time. Despite popular theory there were no GED classes nor college courses available to inmates.

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Diana: Competition was fierce over the television, however, I maintained regular access through strategy. The first and the majority of the people present in the television viewing area could choose the programming so I would have the younger inmates I mentored to sit in the television ares so that I could watch what I wanted.

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Diana: No I did not have a hard time staying in shape while in jail. I did not eat as much a s I would usually do and I exercised to manage stress.

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?
Diana: We could go outside twice a day weather permitting for the extent of our recreation time. I would go outside to sing, talk, meditate, and exercise. When I could not go outside I would exercise in my cell clean the recreation room at night or walk around the recreation room.

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Diana: Yes. The jail offered church services, however they became sporadic before I left. The church services held by the chaplain were the closest thing to actual church you could experience, minus the collection plate.

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