JM: How often could you receive visitors? Katy: Twice a week. Sarah: Visitiation was offered twice or three times a
week for half an hour. I cannot remember if they
were 2 or 3 times. Laura: twice a week for 30 minutes a peice, it went by
really fast, in the hole you only get 1
JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you? Katy: I had to say who I wanted to visit me. Then I
had to get in touch with the person to tell them
what time they needed to come. The times change
all the time. They had to show ID. You only
have 24 hours to get in touch with that person
to let them know. Sarah: The check in time was not. They came to the
visitiation area, provided their ID, informed the
officer who they were there to see and would wait
for the scheduled visit. Laura: I have no idea, I don't think so. I know you
always had to have your picture id but other than
that they didn't give them a hard time
JM: What was the visiting environment like? Katy: You go into a room with tables and glass between
you and the visitor. You talk into a phone
which didn't always work. If you were in the
hole (suicide watch) you went shackled to the
visit. Sarah: The visiting areas consisted of 10 stalls
separated by a thin piece of metal. Each stall
had a stool, metal, that moved very little as it
was bolted. There was a phone that each party had
to pick up the phone and the conversation would
take place. It was difficult to hear due to how
many were there. Laura: there was 10 seats all in a row, well they were
metal stools with a little glass window. and your
visitors had one stool too but if more than one
person came they had to stand and it echoed really
bad on the inmate side. You have to talk over a
corded phone too