San Diego County Jail

Jail Layout

Interview with Tim


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.

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.

JM: Which 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.

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.