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Interview with CC, Kurt, Kimberly, Karen, Ben, John, Ashley and Michelle

JM: How many different blocks were there?
CC: county several floors, workhouse one marysville many cottages withup to 400 women
Kurt: 11 floors, four pods to a floor
Kimberly: The place was so big I couldn't tell. My pod had 14 rooms with 2 people to a room.
Karen: dont know
Ben: 5
John: Dont remember ten floors in old county
Ashley: I don't remember all the different areas
Michelle: There is the 2nd 3rd and 4 th floor for the woman about 4 pods on each

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
CC: 5e, 7h, 5d, hale, kennedy, harmon east, rotc
Kurt: Most of the pods had numbers except for the medical pod and the psychiatric or solitary pod.
Kimberly: No. Just A B C and so on.
Karen: ?
Ben: I have no idea
John: Pods i first went to The third floor were The inmayes nicknamed The projects
Ashley: c pod , d pod , h pod , the pod for pregnant women
Michelle: 2 a 2 b 2 c 3 a 3 b 3c and so on

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
CC: actually the workhouse was holding felons for 14days who were accused of murder w/ people who were there for traffic violations WOW
Kurt: If you were under a doctor's care or needed medication you would be on the medical pod. If you were having psychiatric problems or just being disruptive you would be on the psych pod. They also tried to segrate according to age. There was under 35 and over 35. On each pod, there were 24 cells. They were supposed to be 1 man cells but they always doubled up. There was at least 35 inmates at any time.
Kimberly: There are the trustee pods, psyhciatric pod, medical unit, and the general population pod. In county they seperate you with a different uniform like if you were arrested for assaulting a police officer or had a violent charge they give you a different color.
Karen: ?
Ben: killers, rapest, petty theives and drug dealers
John: I only remember The female floor aids floor convit floor old Man floor a you boy floor The tried to keep seperation as much as guess that was a good thingossible
Ashley: c pod , d pod etc if you had mental health issues, or was pregnant or the psych ward , sexual offenders , women who had harmed their children ,
Michelle: Oh all types crack heads murders petty theft to prostitution all mixed in together you could be a celly with a serial killer for all you know or a rapist yes there was woman charged with rape

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
CC: open showers food worse tv in county ok but so loud you cant hear it anyways
Kurt: Hard to say somethign nice. It was a fairly new facility, just 5 yrs old which made it able to maintain and keep it clean. The worst part about it: you have to use the shower in front of everyone else. That didn't bother me but I know it was a problem for some guys.
Kimberly: The nicest thing about the trustee pod was there were no doors so it's not like you were locked down. Also, that had down comforters and the mattresses were really soft. The worst part is that there were a lot of people. There are only so many tables to go out to and watch tv play cards. If they were full up then you couldn't do anything.
Karen: trustee pod was very nice
Ben: C.O thinking he was better than everyone / And there is nothing nice about the county jail
John: worst was sleeping on floor due to over crowding. Not The safest environment to have inmate walking over you to get to phone or bathroom. The most pleasnt if any was working in kitchen we had our own pod which was kept cleaner we ate better The kitchen was a privilage
Ashley: there is nothing nice about jail, if it is I didn't get to see that part of jail, you are confide for a crime you committed and now you have to do the time for the crime what else is there to do , the guards have nasty attitudes and treat you like a piece of garbage
Michelle: Some you had wonderful correction officers that still treated you like a human not just a number and understood every body makes mistakes then you had correction officers that treated you like you were nothing they were better but really they are probably just as bad just ain't got caught yet

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