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Interview with Carrie, Michael, Roy, Tiff, Lela and Manuel

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Carrie: There are 6 floors, and 4 pods on each floor, there are about 3 cells in each pod. Depends on the pod.
Michael: plenty
Roy: I have not idea
Tiff: There were two for the women.
Lela: There were definitely 4 cell blocks on each level and maybe 4 or 5 levels for dorms. Only 2 girls dorms and one was smaller than the one i was in.
Manuel: I'm not sure how many diffrent blocks there was.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Carrie: Yes, A,B,C and D. They were color coded. Blue, green, yellow and red.
Michael: yes letters of the alphabet and color
Roy: Not sure
Tiff: one POD WAS CALLED 6d AND THE OTHER WAS 6a
Lela: They didn't have names necessarily they were just categorized by what floor they were on and then blocks A thru D. For example, I was on the 6th floor and in block D, so I was in 6D.
Manuel: A block,b block,c block,ands so on not sure of all the block names.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Carrie: Feamles had a floor to themselves, there was a floor for "the hole", there was a floor for felonies, and a floor for misdemeanors.
Michael: i was with felons waiting trail and others there for misdemenors
Roy: There were probably 30 inmates in the same area as me.
Tiff: 6A SEEMED TO BE FOR LOW CLASS CHARGES LIKE TRAFFIC TICKETS AND 6D WAS FOR MAJOR FELONY LIKE CHARGES LIKE MURDERAND ABUSE. DEPENING ON CAPACITY OF EACH U COULD BE PLACED ACCORDINGLY.
Lela: The block I was in was just general/in-take. So it was the main girls dorm. 4A was also women but more for the mentally ill/challenged women. But I have heard of women getting put in there because 6D was too over crowded. Then they had the block (can't remember specifically which one but it was downstairs by the psych doctor) where they kept the really crazy/suicidal people and the people who got sent to segregation for fights, etc. - The hole.
Manuel: Well they separated the violent offenders and so on in diffrent blocks.some inmates with not to violent offenses got to work in the kithchen the laundry room.and some inmates work as custodials.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Carrie: Depends where you go. The 6th floor has no phones, and you are not allowed to have visits. There are different guards, and inmates, some guards were not as strict as others, and some had chips on their shoulders. There were some floors that had nicer gyms than the others, but no matter where you went, the food was always discusting.
Michael: they were all basicly the same
Roy: Not sure. It was freezing but everyone was pretty quiet.
Tiff: there WAS NOTHING NICE ABOUT EITHER BLOCK JUST BIBLE STUDY. I MEAN IT WAS JAIL. THERE NOTHING GOOD ABOUT BEING LOCKED UP. THEY HUMILIATE U BY MAKING U UNDRESS IN FRONT OF THEM AND EVERYBODY ELAS. yOU HAD TO SHOW YOUR BLOODY PADS TO SOME GUARDS JUST TO RECIEVE A FRESH ONE. sO DEMEANING.
Lela: My block was ok because it was bigger than the other women's dorm and there were less crazy people (I assume). I didn't personally see the other one tho. I did however see 'The hole' and that was not pretty.. There was blood on some of the windows of the cells and people were screaming and being super weird and creepy. They get to see everyone come in and out when they come in and see the Psych doc. So they don't get to get out except for an hour a day but atleast they get to people watch. They keep the girls and guys in the same place, just separate. They get Nutraloaf for every meal and cannot order commissary or get visitors or watch TV. Nutraloaf is literally all the food from the meals smashed up into a loaf and cooked all together...
Manuel: There is really no nice blocks to me there all the same.but I heard that the working blocks especially the laundry room block they get to order special foods and the had phone privileges with having to call collect.and they got to watch movies every weekend.and they got to wear gymshoes instead of sandals.

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