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Interview with Tom and Jessica

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Tom: in the tent are there was one for females, one for work release, one for work furlough and one for hard time all in the same area with 10 foot fencing separating them
Jessica: 5 per floor in a * shape with the Detention Officer station in the hub of the *

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Tom: the only two i heard was work release called "easy street" and hard time called "little hanoi"
Jessica: T12A, T12B, T13A... "Con-Tents", "Tent City"

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Tom: the breakdown was previously answered
Jessica: by classification min, med, max etc

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Tom: they were identical as far as number of bunks in each tent the worst was no cooling in 120degree heat or heating in freezing weather and in the rain all the tents leaked and guards would not let you relocate bunk out of water
Jessica: nicest- Being released, the worst- bare minimum food ( peanut butter, 2 6" rolls, citrus, cookies 2 1/2 pt milks - AM ...no additional food was given until 10hrs later- and it was only hot meal supplied per day) LOTS OF HUNGRY INMATES esp those without monetary resources to buy extra food from the inmate commissary