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Jail Layout

Interview with Bill and Rochelle

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Bill: 6 Floors, and a basement floor. Sentenced/Internal Jail Workers (Trusties) were housed in basement floor. All other floors were for unsentenced Each Floor has "East" and "West". 1st floor was female only. 3rd Floor West was also female. Most regular inmates on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors. 5th and 6th were often inmates with violent behavior, and includes dorms for medical and suicide watch.
Rochelle: 12

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Bill: No special names for blocks, just floor number and dorm number
Rochelle: Yes, Bethune, Stowe, Roosevelt, Ross Hall, Kiddie Hall and I do not remember them all.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Bill: 0: Basement, Sentenced, Jail Workers, Male-East Female West 1: Female Inmates, Unsentenced 2: Male Inmates, Unsentenced, Mostly Misdemeanors 3: Male-East Female-West, Unsentenced, Felony 4: Male, Unsentenced, Felony 5: Male, Unsentenced, Felony (Higher risk classification) 6: Male, many smaller dorms. Medical, Suicide Watch, Life-Sentence inmates awaiting transportation to state prison
Rochelle: Maxium, medium, and minium custody

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Bill: The actual blocks are pretty much the same in terms of what they have. It's the kind of inmates you experience that determines what is "nicest or worst"
Rochelle: Bethune was the niest and this is where I was housed, and kiddie Hall was the worst, because there were always fights and stabbings going on.