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Interview with Julie, Inmate's Sister, Houston, Claire, Jim, Inmate's Mom, DK, Smyth, Ken, Charlene, Greg, GMan, Jamie, Leisha, Toby, Joseph, Lisa, Brandy, Consuela, John, Tiffany and Tom

JM: Did you find it difficult to get along with other inmates? Please give examples to explain why you did or didn't.
Julie: No i stayed to myself spent most of the time sleep
Inmate's Sister: my brother is in jail were he do not supposed to be and an innocent man got every right to be angry but one thing he tell's me he have faith in GOD and he will try his best to avoid every fight with anyone who has a problem with him just so he can come home.
Houston: Not really, keep to yourself. If you are going to act ghetto, you will get the same in return. Also, the women that were there for a while somehow were "better than you". Some kind of criminal heirarchy.
Claire: No, not at all. I was lucky in that. Most of the other women in my pod were fairly easygoing, and I guess they could also tell that was my first time really spending time in there. Most of the women in my pod were there on probation violations, so they weren't too eager to mess up further and really jeopardize their situations by fighting or causing trouble.
Jim: Not really. Sometimes there are those who wont shower. Never had a prob with anyone stealing. Deputies sometimes let the inmates handle that themselves when someone is caught. It gets tiring listening to other inmates talk about their cases and how innocent they are.
Inmate's Mom: He got along fine with others in the holding cell. But there was a poor man who was clearly severely mentally ill who was beaten by others in the holding cell because of his erratic behavior.
DK: only over phones
Smyth: Yes.. the less room you give humans, the more aggresssive they become.
Ken: I was sent to a location for non-violent offenders. It was a black band facility called Little Baker.
Charlene: no
Greg: NO not really I shut my mouth and kept to myself,
GMan: No...I kept to myself and didn't speak with anyone.
Jamie: no
Leisha: no
Toby: no i didn't i stayed away from trouble. usually when your around my age. which is 49 years old you don't get into trouble in jail.
Joseph: for the most part all of the inmates were nice people, it was the deputies who were malicious.
Lisa: Sometimes. There is always one or two who are just mean.
Brandy: I did not interact with other inmates but kept to myself.
Consuela: Sometimes but I think that we all stuck together because of the abuse we all received by the sheriffs. They were so verbal and physically abusive with us women that it made us hate them not each other.
John: Not really - I was in a 'low risk holding tank', so most of the people in there were just riding out a night or two for traffic warrants. Conversations were loud, and a few people were obnoxious, but
Tiffany: Not too difficult. Some people are just obnoxious but it is best to tune them out and pretend you don't hear them.
Tom: No. I kept to myself and only interacted with others as needed.

JM: What types of things did you have to do to avoid problems or fights with other inmates?
Julie: Keep my mouth shut it was mostly mexicans vs. black
Inmate's Sister: he will write me and tell me about the situation and ask me to pray for him, and also tell the other person "quote" his words that I do not want to be in here,I didnt ask to be here and I don't want no problems with anyone.
Claire: Like I stated before, there never really was any threat of fights or altercations as far as I was concerned. The only fight that I can recall was when one of the inmates was about to cook some Ramen noodles when she got called down for a visit. She had one of the other ladies put them on for her, and I guess she wasn't paying attention because one of the other inmates got hold of them and ate them. So when that particular inmate returned from her visit, she was like, "Where is my soup?" The girl that was supposed to have been watching them looked up and said that they were there when she had last looked (she hadn't, as far as I knew). I hadn't been paying attention at all, but then one of the other inmates pointed at this one chick and said, "She ate them." There obviously is no honor among thieves. It was pretty much on from there. All I can see now is the inmate (I'll call her Sara) pulling the girl who stole her soup off of her top bunk and kicking the crap outta her. I was rather shocked, because Sara was usually very quiet and sweet, but I guess those are the ones you have to watch out for.
Jim: I just kept to myself most the time. You try not to comment on anyone's case. There are lots of these jailhouse lawyers too. Just dont walk in with a chip on your shoulder trying to be "Johnny Badass"
DK: none
Smyth: Ignore them, don't look at them, don't talk to them, stay to yourself.
Ken: Mind your own business. Avoid discussing your issues with others. Keep conversation on friendly topics. Do what you're told and don't talk too much.
Charlene: I kept my distance from anyone I did not feel I could trust
Greg: don't bring attention to urself, make sure ur on target on getting out, if u have more than 10 day's in jail make sure, you have a plan to get through the BS, the system isnt bigger than u u are bigger than the system.
GMan: Sleep
Jamie: don't talk to no one
Leisha: none it's the deputies that treat you like you ain't sh*
Toby: just mind your own business .
Joseph: just be personable to them.
Lisa: Stay away from them. Don't talk to them unless you direly need to.
Brandy: I did not have conversations with them as to not get involved.
Consuela: I stayed on my bunk and did not induldge in rediculious conversations that might stir up mess. I kept my faith and stayed away from gangs and drugs.
John: Nothing -
Tiffany: I personally broke up one fight that wasn't too serious. If there is a fight, they make everyone in the cell stay longer and I was not having that.
Tom: I didn't bother anyone, spoke very little and treated people with respect.

JM: Were you able to choose an inmate as your cellmate if you knew one? How often would your cellmate(s) change?
Julie: NO
Inmate's Sister: no
Houston: No
Claire: No, and frankly, after spending two or three days in holding with the same women, I was ready for a change in scenery.
Jim: I dont underatand this question
DK: don't associate with people
Smyth: No.. stay uninvolved.
Ken: No
Charlene: no
Greg: None, u attract strong with strong. keep options and thought's of innocence to yourself, none of the people are really going to care, this is a way of them to keep themselves closer to getting what they want, inside your head, keep to yourself, and youll be ok.
GMan: No
Jamie: no
Leisha: no
Toby: no and i don't get this question at all .
Joseph: no
Lisa: no
Brandy: no
Consuela: Hell no your choice to choose anything is gone once you hit that door. Your no longer a human you are a dog worse than a dog. If your mother,sister,aunt or daughter was in there you wouldn't know unless you seen them.And even then you better not say, they might separate you just because they can.
Tiffany: No.
Tom: Didn't have a choice. I was housed in a pod with about 25 other people and my "celly" what whoever was sleeping on the bottom bunk before i got there.