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Interview with Cesar, Tom, Bruce and Jon

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Cesar: Not sure how many floors there were, but each floor had a east and west. Like 6E was 6th floor East side of the building. I think there were nine floors. But first two or three floors were offices and intake areas.
Tom: THE SPOKANE COUNTY JAIL IS ENDLESS, YOU COULD NOT LIST ALL OF THE BLOCKS THAT ARE IN USE AT THIS TIME
Bruce: its not really blocks. in spokane county jail it's like thisafter you've been booked in you go to the second floorthen the depending on when you get booked in you either get classifed that day or if its too late then the next day, they classify you acording to your charges, 3rd floor east is mens pods, instead of cells there is 10 pods that have 10 beds and usually several people on the floor as well and each pod has its own shower,theres two floors shaped like an L the center of the L is the day room with tables and chairs a deask for the guard, and a small 2 sided shelf with books and a door that goes out to a deck with basketball hoop but your not allowed to play basketball the side of the L that points to the middle of the jail isnt real wide, it's like a short wide hall that opens up to the day room, it has several visiting booths, and several payphones that can be used anytime you are out in the day room and not locked up. they usually split up the out time either between north and east or west walls or upper and lower floors. 4th floor is the same set up but it's for people with special needs or that are on meds, 5th floor is 2 man cells both east and west. and you only get out 40 minutes a day to shower make calls ect, you get no out time on the weekends, when you do get uot they do it by walls east wall gets their 40 mins and lock down then after lunch the north wall gets their 40 mins, alternating days who gets A.M. and who gets P.M. 6th floor is the hole. single man cells and 20 mins a day out time, no out time on weekends
Jon: 12 blocks located throughout the buildings

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Cesar: Yes, there are floors and then there were assigned east and west.
Tom: OF COURSE THEY HAVE NAMES BUT AT THIS POINT I DO NOT RECALL ALL OF THEM
Bruce: theres, the 5th. the pods, and the annex or up on six
Jon: 2West, 2 East, 3 East, 3 West, 4 East, 4 West, 5 East, 5 West, 6 East, 6 West, Annex A & B buildings

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Cesar: I am not sure, I was just concerned with mine. And where I was there were every type of crime except violent crime.
Tom: DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF YOUR CRIME DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WILL GO
Bruce: kitchen workers are on two east, misdemeanors on three or the pods, dings on 4,felony on 5th, six is the hole or detention floor, and 2 west is intake and classification
Jon: 2 west: Intake, 2 east: Kitchen, 3 East: Women 3 West: Low security inmates non violent crimes, 4 East: Psych Ward, 4 West Hospital Ward, 5 East & 5 West Medium & Max Security Inmates, 6 West & 6 East Lock down and Protective Custody, Annex Child Molesters and Protective Custody, A building: work release, b building Kitchen, and general population

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Cesar: I was only in one block so I really don't know the differences.
Tom: EVERY THING WOULD BE KEPT VERY CLEAN KIND OF LIKE IF YOU WERE IN THE MILITARY, IF YOU HAVE HAD REAL MILITARY EXPERIENCE IT WILL BE EASIER FOR YOU TO ACCEPT YOUR PUNISHMENT
Bruce: worst part about the fifth floor is the little out time you get, forty minutes a day unless they are understaffed then it's only 20 minutes, witch it seems like most of the time, and the twenty four hour lock down on weekends, so after your twenty or forty minuter of out time friday you're locked down until monday, the nicest part about fifth floor was it's quite, down in the pods its always loud
Jon: I do not remember anything nice about any of the different areas that I stayed at inside the Jail Facilities, I do remember however seeing a lot of nasty uncleaned walls and ceilings, a lot of things that were falling apart or vandalized and the fact that the cell is so small and you are locked away inside it for about 23 hours a day with super limited out times.

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