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Telephones

Interview with Cesar, Tom, Bruce and Jon

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Cesar: Yes, every time we were able to get out of the cell we were able to use the phones.
Tom: I DID HAVE ACCESS TO PHONES BUT HAD NO ONE TO CALL EXCEPT FOR MY WIFE CARRIE ANNE MOSS DEEN, AND AT THAT TIME SHE KNEW THAT I HAD A COCAINE PROBLEM SO THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD BOTHER HER AT WORK, ALTHOUGH SHE ALWAYS KNOWS WHERE I AM, WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE TIME AND SPACE ARE SIMPLY AND EQUASION THAT TWO PEOPLE OVERCOME.
Bruce: yes phones can be used as often as wanted on your out time ,
Jon: Telephones were available on out time which we got once or twice a week usually due to the jail not having enough staff to let us out on the regular scheduled out times.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Cesar: Outrageous. I'm not sure of the exact cost, but my family told me it was unreal.
Tom: STANDARD CHARGES
Bruce: local calls are a connection fee only, and five mins long, after five mins they cut you off, you can call the same number back if you want but it cost for a local collect call, connection i think it $1.40 for connection fee,weekly cost is hard to saysome inmates are on the phone non stop, for me if trying to get bailed out i might make 5 or ten calls, if not i'd make 1 or 2 calls to let someone know i was in jail and maybe 1 or 2 calls when i found out how long i'd be there and thats about it , so maybe six or seven calls in a six month period
Jon: The charges were extremely expensive about $15.00 for a 15 minute phone call, but the lines to the phones were always backed up and not everyone got a chance to make the calls they were trying to

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Cesar: No. You could call out collect to phones that weren't blocked to collect calls
Tom: NO I DID NOT
Bruce: no, you can call collect to any land line phone
Jon: You could have people put money on there phones or on your phone account.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Cesar: There is a sign stated that calls could be monitored but not sure if they actually were.
Tom: I WOULD HOPE SO
Bruce: i am fairly sure they have some kind of monitoring system
Jon: They stated they were monitoring all calls so I assume they did.

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