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Interview with Shawanda Miller, Jeremy and Chuck

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Shawanda Miller: Females had only 1 block. The males had different blocks I believe 3-4 different ones. Then they had the work release unit for the males also besides the other 3 or 4.
Jeremy: Didnt really tour the jail!
Chuck: Five units. There were to guys to a cell. Sometimes it got so overcrowded they put guys on cots in the gym.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Shawanda Miller: All numbered. 2100 the old female block. Males had 7100, work release, segregation. Can't remember the other's but all numbered.
Chuck: They called them by the doors 3100 hunderd 2100 hundred and so on.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Shawanda Miller: Segregation for people who fought or for the ones who had pysch problems.
Jeremy: The pod that they held me seemed to have them ALL! I saw many men with different crimes all in the same pod. I was told that this is the pod EVERYONE comes to as its on lockdown most of the time. After some time you are transferred to other pods where you have more dayroom time.
Chuck: They seperated the units for pretrial, segragation/max security, sentencing, work release and woman's unit.

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Shawanda Miller: The old female unit had a library, and you could go to main library. Otherwise nothing nice about jail.
Jeremy: The COs all were pretty good. Quite down to earth and helpful and polite.
Chuck: The best part about that jail is the programs that they have there. A lot of progams to keep a guy busy like GED classes, gym, AA church. The worst part of it I guess is like any jail; you're fighting depression because your locked down most of the day. Fighting the constant barage of people in denial of the situation and constantly having to listen to the talk and gossip and bullshit. It gets really stressful.