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Interview with Scott, Elna, Todd and Guy

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Scott: There was six buildings with four pods in five of them and two in the medical unit
Elna: there were 6 I believe.
Todd: five
Guy: 5 POD blocks with 4 units each. i med unit, and 1 med treatment block. They had the DUI BUILDING for worker, KCJ located uptown at courthouse. They also housed about 250 women in a ladys pod.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Scott: No they used numbers and letters 1a 1b 1c etc....
Elna: I'm not sure, I just know there was one for women, one for medical, one for intake, one for maximum security inmates, and two for general population.
Todd: building one..building two,building three,building four,building six
Guy: unit 1, unit 2, unit 3, unit 4, unit 5, unit 6, med unit and med unit treatment unit, DUI UNIT,KCJ that held about 250 females.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Scott: You hade the maximu security in one unit and in two building you had one pod classification one pod womens classification two pods wasminimum custody. Three building housed kitchen workers and hall men and their programs such intensive treatment and a religous program.four was min and max and six was medical
Elna: There was a block for maximum security inmates, one for women, one for intake, one for medical, and two for general population. It just depends on your pre-existing conditions and the charges you faced along with your behavior once admitted.
Todd: one was max,,2 was medical,3 and 4 was general population and 6 was intake
Guy: by classifacition. min,max,agg seg, i was only in min and max when i got into the fight but just stayed in max a few days until they decided the other inmate started the fight. was also in med once.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Scott: Three building where the workers were was open area and they are not locked down all day they had volleyball court. Each pod had a washer and dryer and a juice machine. The worst part in the other units you were lucky to get one hour out of your cell a day to make phone calls and shower i have went three to four days without getting out
Elna: The worst thing I remember was the holding cell in the very beginning, we weren't let out one single time. The next morning when I was moved to general population however, there were no cells, just a giant pod with a bunch of beds. So that was nice being able to move around.
Todd: the lockdown and smells in buiding one..building 3 was a good open block
Guy: nothing nice. be able to get a little sleep being the best. people being loud and disrespectable was one of the worst. Each block was not treated with the same respect i know some was for behavior but some was to just be assholes. you just had to block thing out and make the best out of it

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