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Interview with Tim and Bob

JM: How many different blocks were there?
Tim: I'm not sure how many blocks there were. I know that I was in Housing C, so I'm assuming they were alphabetical and they probably went to D. So, that means there were four blocks, starting with A.
Bob: George Bailey is split into six Houses. each House is split into 3 Modules each module has its own dayroom and has four dorms each housing about 40 inmates.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Tim: The names that I could see were letters, at least that's what I think they were. I'm pretty sure that I was in C, so letters would represent the names and they probably started with A.
Bob: 1A is the thunderdome (lots of fights and riots) unfortunately thats where most people go first. 1B has no brothers or others in it only woods,southsiders and paisas. 1C is the inmate workers aka Trustees 2a is the cuckoos nest (psych tank) 2b is general population in cell living 2c is PC's aka protective custodee (snitches and rats) 3a,b,c I dont remember but I believe general pop 4a,b,c general pop 5a is the Hole. 24 hour lockdown for high profile murder cases, flight risks, super violent,etc. 5b,c is High Power aka people looking at significant prison time 6a,b,c is High Power and mostly the violent ones Sexually Violent Predators aka SVP aka rapists and molestors are housed in their own tiny unit in the medical ward for their own safety. The medical ward also has several small dorms and isolation cells for sick inmates or those with special medical needs. It used to also have the transvestites but they got shipped downtown.

JM: Which types of inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Tim: I have no idea how the separated inmates into which cells. I'm assuming that since I was in Cell Block C, that every person in there was there for some misdemeanor or minor crime. They were all docile, so I didn't notice any violent behavior.
Bob: see above

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Tim: It seemed that the nicest part about the blocks, was that they seemed to segregate the population. Like I said that block where I was, was with all kinds of people that had violated the law with acts of alcohol. I'm sure that they put the more violent transgressors in other blocks, which now that I think about it, I am quite grateful.
Bob: Nothing about jail is Nice but I would definately say that cell living (ie. housed in a module where you share a cell with one guy) is much better than dorm living (being housed in a dorm with 45+ other inmates together in triple bunks)