JM: Did you find it difficult to get along with other inmates? Please give examples to explain why you did or didn't. Dan: no i didn't find it hard because i didn't talk or
socialize with anyone in there i was there to get my
sentence done and get out of there i didn't want to
be in there Hugh: Some inmates are easy to get along with
and some are not. For example there
was a guy who was accused of child rape
and there was many people who wanted
to fight and jump him Wendy: I kept to myself....majority were nice except
for the ones with mental health issues. when
people did fuss it was because of how the
guard treated them bad and all.
JM: What types of things did you have to do to avoid problems or fights with other inmates? Dan: i didnt have to do anything to aviod anything with
any of the inmates because i never talked to any of
the people in there i was in there to get what i had
to get donw and get out of there that is no place
for me i got to much out here to loose Hugh: I didn't have too many issues while I was
down there but I heard of people having
to give away commissary and food trays
to avoid a confrontation while at the
same time it depends on your situation
you could not show weakness or they
would take advantage of you Wendy: I didnt have to avoid anything. What you see
in movies don't always happen in every jail. I
think some of the guards nasty attitude is
more noticeable than an inmate. They treat
like scum for being there whether you guilty or
not, as if you're not a human being.
JM: Were you able to choose an inmate as your cellmate if you knew one? How often would your cellmate(s) change? Dan: we had individual cell blocks we didn't have a
inmate we wasn't aloud to go into anyone cell that
wasn't yours it was ageist the correction officers
rules that we don't Hugh: You would have a cell mate assigned to
your cell. They cellmates would change
randomly according to sentence usually
around once a month. In rollover they is
many cellmates in a dorm Wendy: Like I said before, I was there overnight on
the lobby area for 12hrs, they put me and
about 7 other women in a concrete room with 1
toilet while 1 bled menstrually.