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Interview with DC, Keith, Joe, Heidi, Dillon, Kami and Linda

JM: How many different blocks were there?
DC: Hmmm..there were 4 "pods", that is 4 big rooms linked together by back doors to the gym they shared.
Keith: New Jail has 6 floors with 4 sections of 72 inmates in each, one and two man cells. 2 floors are sectioned different for medical and 8 man tanks. Green Bay has around 80 different tanks ranging from 8 to 24 inmates in each.
Joe: not blocks,pods.
Heidi: 4 differeny pods onthe womens floor- 24 cells per pod
Dillon: from what i could tell 4 per floor for 7 floors.
Kami: in the new jail there are 4 not sure about the old jail cold springs or green bay
Linda: 4

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
DC: No.
Keith: New Jail - 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 & 63 (women) ABC&D. Green Bay - 41 A-Z, 42 A-Z, 43 A- Z. Old Jail 25 A-R, 26 A-R (women)
Joe: numbered.
Heidi: no
Dillon: Just a, b, c, and d per floor.
Kami: a d c d
Linda: A B C D

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
DC: All women in each pod. I think there were work release inmates in one of them, though. Nonetheless they were all women, though.
Keith: They are all mixed together.
Joe: youve got general population,and seg. crazies-seg, everybody else,g-pop.
Heidi: all types
Dillon: Unknown
Kami: class c to capital murders
Linda: They have different blocks for different people there are the crazy people who go to Belknap. then there are weekenders who are short term or ones that go to Rehab during the day they are in Cold Springs Green bay is for the Big Bad Boys then theres G Row for the crazy girls and Bad ones like murder and assault

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
DC: Nice parts - somewhat clean and decent Worst parts - being locked up, obviously
Keith: They inmates keep it clean. Green Bay is LOUD.
Joe: seg was best, the solitude was nice. the population i didnt ever like,too noisy,smelly.
Heidi: we could close our door and get away from everyone if we chose to
Dillon: Unknown
Kami: i liked meetin the ppl and hearing all of their stories i didnt like the drama that was there on all of them
Linda: I liked the High rise as I have been to Cold Springs and there and the High Rise had cable and you got to run the gym for every other hr play cards and alot bigger room to roam Cold Springs was the opposite.