Osceola County Jail

Telephones

Interview with Ryan, Ron, Sandra and Tom


JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Ryan: yes they gave us a certain time to use the phone
Ron: yes to a some what like a pay phone
Sandra: yes
Tom: yes i did i was only able to use it at certain times but however i could'nt get to talk to my wife due to them saying she had an injuction on me which she never did i did get to talk to her in booking area when i was brought in

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Ryan: the calls were free unless the person who you are calling gets billed
Ron: it depend on who you was calling out of state was like $50 in town was$10
Sandra: it was 35.00dollors to call
Tom: it was a collect call charge

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Ryan: no
Ron: no it was automatically charged to the person wh you was calling
Sandra: no, not that i know of.
Tom: yes or the person that you was calling had to get special minutes on the phone for jail calls

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Ryan: yes they always have it recorded due to safety reasons
Ron: yes the first thing it says that the line is being recorded
Sandra: yes
Tom: yes all the calls was recorded