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Interview with Scott, Elna, Todd and Guy

JM: What types of facilities were available to help pass the time?
Scott: They had church usually twice a week and they had a courtyard with a dip and pull up bar. They also had the law li rary once a week and they had library books that came by once a week. They had drug program and a religous program that was three months long.. the also had ged classes
Elna: There were absolutely none. Some of the inmates had cards, and there was a tv that was never on, but there were no sports, just a giant room to walk around in for an hour a day. The boredom was excrutiating in that place it was more or less torture.
Todd: no facilities..you just read books and played a lot of cards and chess and such
Guy: church, cards, a few games, some POD UNITS had TVs we didn't get a lot of time out of our cells so there really wasn't much to do. we mostly played cards when we could get out of our cells. we also just walked around the pod unit like animals too

JM: Did you have regular access to the entertainment or was competition fierce? Give details.
Scott: No there wasnt much entertainment besides the tv and everybody had to take a vote on what channel the officer put it on. Books were kinda.of hard to get to because nobody wanted to give them up. There was only one chess and checkerboard and it was always a line to play the winner
Elna: Again there was no entertainment that I was aware of, I don't believe the inmates were given a choice of what to watch on the tv if it ever did come on. But the tv wasn't on at any point during my short stay there. The card games however seemed pretty exclusive.
Todd: regular access
Guy: nothing regular. guard controlled this and it was what he wanted to watch mainly.a lot of the time we didn't get to watch tv because it was broke or the guard didn't want to hear it. at the kcj site we didn't even have a tv unless you were in a honor pod so i mostly read books

JM: Did you have a hard time staying in shape while in jail?
Scott: No they had pullup and dip bar and while i was locked down i done pushups and they had a dece.t commisary
Elna: I was only there over night, but I didn't see any workout equipment or anything resembling a gym or sporting event.
Todd: nope..i'm fat anyway so it didn't matter
Guy: no...stayed in the best shape of my life. Push-ups nad set-ups. was the best thing i ever did. when i went in i couldn't even do a push-up when i got out i was doing 1500 push-ups a day

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?
Scott: We only got outside on our hour out. We could walk and do pull ups and dips three building had volleyball. When i was in the cell it was pushups
Elna: In the original intake cell we were supposed to get out for one hour a day but I missed the hour that day that I was there and It was only to walk around. There was no television in that block.
Todd: usually every other day,,just walk or sit in the sun or play basketball
Guy: about ever other day. we could walk around the inside the POD unit. if it was raining we didn't get to go out. we had to split the small outside yard with another pod unit

JM: Did the jail offer church services? If so, what were they like and when were they held?
Scott: Yes they had church services they accomadated for all religions and lasted for a hour each building had church at least once a week
Elna: I remember hearing an inmate talk about going to church on a sunday morning but I wasn't there for any of the services.
Todd: yes..held on thursday and sunday..don't know what they were like i don't go to church
Guy: yes.Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, and a couple other times also. some where just used for social time for inmates but there where good ones that went on too. I really liked a few of them they would help me get through the day if things were going rough.some of the men that came in really worked at what they did

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