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Interview with Harry and Arnold

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Harry: I believe there were at least five or six different blocks.
Arnold: There were about five blocks.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Harry: There was 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-5, g2, g1, and thu was another housing unit.
Arnold: 2-1, 2-2, G1,G2, 3-5 and they also had a unit like a dorm located outside.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Harry: Some inmates that were there for sexual offenses were housed together. As well as police informants were housed together for the most part. Violent offenders were also housed together. And sometimes probation violators were housed together.
Arnold: Inmates with substance abuse problems normally on 2-1 which was the drug and alcohol rehab block. Inmates that were being transferred were housed on 3-1. And kid touchers and rapists were housed separately.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Harry: Honestly I cannot remember too many plus sides to any blocks. The only real plus was the 2-1 block, which was the drug and alcohol block. They had a period of quiet time. Which was nice at times due to the mayhem of jail. The worst was that their was no air conditioning in the summer. You literally would sweat laying down, not even moving.
Arnold: The nicest part was the drug and alcohol rehab block due to the fact they had mandatory quiet time. It was nice that way you could focus on reading and sleeping without a whole bunch of noise. The worst part was the dorm unit where you were over crowed with other inmates.

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