CountyJail.net

Find Greenville County Jail inmates...

Leisure Time

Interview with Chris

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Chris: We had the rec.court at the work release facility the we could go out on anytime during the hours of 8am and 10pm. We had a ping pong table out there. It was falling apart but we was still able to use it. and they refused to replace it and a few of us knew that they had new ones in storage at the main jail. Every once in awhile they would ask if we wanted to go out to play basketball. We also had a few books to read if we wanted.

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Chris: Yes there was regular access to the ping pong table as long as we had ping pong balls to play with. As far as the basketball I felt that there was to many people out there at one time so I never went out to play.

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Chris: If you just sat around yes you would. Those of us in the work release facility could go out on the rec court and do like sit ups and push ups and walk the border of the rec court to help stay in shape.

JM: How often did you get to go outside? What did you do outside if you were allowed to? If you were not allowed to go outside what could you do for exercise?
Chris: If you worked in the jail and was at the work release facility you got to go outside almost everyday to go back a forth between the work release facility and the jail. As far as to go out for rec. it was only like every 2 weeks for about 30 mins.

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Chris: Yes they offered it and I think it was every Tues. I am not really sure what it was like cause I never went to it and cause they really didn't announce it very well. The speaker system they used to announce things like that really didn't work all that well.

Read about visitor policies in the Greenville County Jail