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Interview with Mary, D Bo, Joel and Trevor

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Mary: There were 3 blocks that I am aware of. I do think there may have been more, maybe a place for harder criminals, but I do know that there were at least 3.
D Bo: 10 on each of the 7 floors
Joel: There are too many to count.
Trevor: 50 "blocks" or beds on my unit

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Mary: Inmates just called them block 1, block 2, and block 3. We didn't have any specific names for them.
D Bo: g 1,2,3,4,5,6
Joel: Jail North has alphabetical blocks. Jail Central has numerical blocks.
Trevor: my unit's name was C Pod and we had two floors

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Mary: I'm not sure about the other blocks, but on our blocks we were "non threatening" inmates - meaning, we were in there for things like failure to pay child support, writing bad checks, etc.
D Bo: murders rapist robbers you name it.
Joel: They have Medical block where injured or sick inmates are housed. Max block where they house the most violent of inmates. Drug block for drug addicts. Trustee block where they house inmates who work for the jail.
Trevor: on the upper levels of the jail were the more serious offenders-murder, rape and so forth. Also there were levels for federal detainees, I was on the lowest level of the jail.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Mary: the nicest were the officers. they treated us well, were nice to us, and they respected us as long as we didn't cause any problems. the worst parts were the food. it was horrible. most of it tasted like those extremely cheap tv dinners.
D Bo: The nicest thing about the block was some had TV and AIR CONDITIONING.The worst thing about the pod was the officers working it that were on a power trip, not letting you hear the TV when it was on. Some of thew officers were there to make your life miserable as humanly poissible.
Joel: I would have to say that the nicest part about being in different blocks is...you may see someone you know and that automatically makes you feel ore comfortable. The worst part is the opposite: You could end up in the same block as your enemy. That's just the way it is.
Trevor: The nicest part is the different types of people you meet during your time in jail. the worst part are the guards. Some of them had major issues and seemed to be unable to control their tempers. In particular, one young man who needed serious medical attention was denied that until he almost totally dehydrated. We had to literally yell at the guards to bring in help for him because he couldn't stop vomiting for over 24 hours

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