Osceola County Jail

Jail Layout

Interview with Ryan, Ron, Sandra and Tom


JM: How many different blocks were there?
Ryan: there was 4 cell blocks
Ron: there was four cell blocks for the men
Sandra: i do not know
Tom: there was 4 blocks where i was located

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Ryan: population d cell f cell b cell
Ron: cell block c cell block f cell block fb cell block cf the other was on the out side away from the misdameanors that was for the major felonies murders
Sandra: no
Tom: yes they were fox alpha fox bravo fc fd

JM: Which inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Ryan: all inmates from all crimes except serious offenses were all together the higher crimes such as murder was in a lock down facility
Ron: everyone with misdameanors was all in each four cell blocks the major felons were in a cell block away from the misdameanors
Sandra: i do not know.
Tom: the lower minimum inmates were in fox alpha the higher minimum was in fox bravo the violent ones was in fc fd which was the maximum

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Ryan: the nicest thing was i knew some people in there and other was friendly to make it easy through the day
Ron: the nicest about the cell blocks was being organized
Sandra: i did not like getting up at 4:30am. the good part was be able to watch the news on tv.
Tom: the worst part about the blocks was the violence racial comments using the word nigger cracker alot of cursing alot of unsanitary conditions inmates had there hands down their pants all over there genitals alot of inmates had to do with gangs drugs and violent behavior some of the correction officers were very mean rude to the nice inmates like me the nicest thing was that alot were nice people that just made a mistake in their life and plan to turn their life around