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Medications

Interview with Lola, Eve, Pat, Peter, Al, Trevor and Camille

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Lola: Yes. I didn't need any, but others who were pregnant or asthmatic had what they needed
Eve: Yes.
Pat: yes
Peter: Medications were available by the nurse dispensing via a med cart.....if the person was on things such as valume or narcotic class medications they were not offered but a close medication was replaced.
Al: yes but the medications were just aspirin
Trevor: no I could not get my medication in there it takes to long for this. if it was life or death by the time they did all of there verifying you would be dead.
Camille: No. You want to talk medication? Oh, my God. I take medication for mental health. These people wait at least three days verifying your medications so in the interim, the inmate suffers. I sure did.

JM: How did you get your medications?
Lola: None needed.
Eve: The nurse comes around with a medication cart 3 times a day.
Pat: med time u stood in line to get ur meds
Peter: All medication was crushed into a small paper cup to be taken in front of the nurse with water, this eliminated the possibility of "cheeking" medications for recreational purposes
Al: the medications were handed out by a nurse who would come to your pod with a guard and this was handed out 4 times a day
Trevor: I never got them but mine was not life of death either. they are very inconsiderate to your needs there.
Camille: Well, after I filed a complaint, I got my medication. Otherwise, you stand in line for up to an hour waiting to receive your medication in G Dorm. The process is long and a bit dehumanizing. After you get your meds, you have to open your mouth and show the guard you swallowed. Then you have to show them your cup to prove you didn't spit the meds into your cup. I mean, I understand the insurance risk, but it was dumb because I wanted to take my meds. It was the only way to stay sane in that environment.

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Lola: No one abused drugs that I knew of.
Eve: There was no abuse of drugs allowed or able to be done.
Pat: BAU other charges
Peter: never witnessed it but the punishments were the inmate being taken to the hole for a period of time no less than 30 days
Al: yes i witnessed people not swallowing there meds and selling them if caught you would have to go to the hole
Trevor: you get sent to the hole and then after that you go to a whole new location in the jail.
Camille: Yes, I witnessed a woman who refused to take her psychotropic meds and the guards came and took her to the hole.

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