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Interview with Jake, misty, Sam, Bruce and Brian

JM: Did you find it difficult to get along with other inmates? Please give examples to explain why you did or didn't.
Jake: no
misty: NO I MIND MY OWN BUISNESS
Sam: It was hard getting along with others in jail. Most want to let the time do them instead of doing the time. Some had bad attitudes. Some were just angry, some were sad, and some were happy to be back.
Bruce: Not really.
Brian: Most inmates in my general population pod were, like me, low-risk nonviolent offenders with no gang affiliation. I learned a new card game (Spades) and heard stories -- most of which sounded like BS -- about other inmates' outside lives. I experienced a two-day lockdown when drugs were discovered in the jail, meaning we took meals in our cells and had no outside time.

JM: What types of things did you have to do to avoid problems or fights with other inmates?
Jake: I took classes
misty: A FEW OF THE INMATES LIED TO GET ME IN TROUBLE AND THE DEPUTY THREW ME ON D-SEG JUST TO AVOID THE WHOLE THING
Sam: I stayed to myself reading in my cell.
Bruce: Sleep a lot.
Brian: I just had to be honest. County jail is not exactly maximum security prison. In the company of low-level offenders, I found that being honest kept any of the other inmates from getting confrontational. The only obvious targets were sex offenders, so I avoided them entirely, kept my head down and did my time. I realized most inmates are not hardened products of the system, but men just like me who had made mistakes and were paying an appropriate cost.

JM: Were you able to choose an inmate as your cellmate if you knew one? How often would your cellmate(s) change?
Jake: no
misty: NO
Sam: No they put you in the blocks and cells they wanted you in.
Bruce: no
Brian: I did not have a cellmate during my time in county lockup. The dormitory setup of the "sorting pod" upon arrival put eight men in a room, but once I had been classified and sent to gen pop, I was in an individual cell.

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