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Interview with Jake, misty, Sam, Bruce and Brian

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Jake: 10 dorms holding 56 inmates in each
misty: i THINK 9
Sam: 12 pods. One for the women. The hole. And the introductory pod. A medical pod, two overflow pods, and two inmate worker pods, and four regular pods.
Bruce: 9
Brian: WCJ has 10 blocks, or pods, total.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Jake: Dorm 1 and so on
misty: CELL BLOCK 1THRU 9 AND BLOCK 2 WAS THE HOLE AND 3 WAS THE FEMALE DORM AND THERE WAS ALSO MEDICAL
Sam: Pods 1 through 9.
Bruce: well there was the med block and 7th that was about it we pretty much went by the numbers
Brian: 1 - Sorting pod 2 - Women's pod 3 - Solitary pod ("the hole") 4 - General population 5 - Violent offenders (restricted movement pod) 6 - General population, 7 - Sex offender pod / protective custody 8 - General population, long-term 9 - Long-term inmate worker pod 10 - Mental health ward / suicide watch

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Jake: Medical and inmate workers
misty: MEN WERE HOUSED IN 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9 AND FEMALES WERE HOUSED IN CELL BLOCK 3 AS WELL AS CO ED IN MEDICAL
Sam: 56 inmates per dorm. 48 single man cells.
Bruce: well I think the lower numbers had the higher risk people and the further out you got is where you run into the medical block and everything.
Brian: 1 - New inmates awaiting classification 2 - Female offenders 3 - Inmates being punished for bad behavior 4 - Low-risk offenders, mostly Hispanic gang members 5 - Offenders awaiting trial for violent crimes 6 - Low-risk offenders, mostly non-gang members 7 - Sex offenders or inmates seeking protection 8 - Inmates with sentences 9 months or longer 9 - Proven low-risk offenders with jail jobs 10 - Mentally unstable or suicidal offenders

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Jake: I hate the place and have blocked it out my mind. Nothing is nice about jail
misty: THE DEPUTYS DEPENDING ON WHO WAS WORKING SOME WERE NICER THAN OTHERS, ALSO BEING ALLOWED TO HAVE A SINGLE CELL VS A JOIND ONE
Sam: They all looked the same but some were cleaner than others. The hole was colder and no recreation of any sort.
Bruce: well Intake block sucks. Once you get to a real number life gets a little easier for you.
Brian: The best part about the layout was keeping each type of criminal separate from one another. Violent offenders looking at prison time would have been problematic in gen pop with sex offenders; non-gang-affiliated offenders often thrived in the worker pod, just trying to cut off time and get back outside.

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