Salt Lake County Jail

Jail Layout

Interview with Mickey, Nate and Anne


JM: How many different blocks were there?
Mickey: I think there are 25-30 pods.
Nate: I don't know.
Anne: A,B,C,D,MED

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Mickey: Yes, A-pod 1-5, B-pod 1-5, C,D,E.... Something like that.
Nate: I stayed in C-block.
Anne: Named Above (5)

JM: Which inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Mickey: There is a pod for sick people, or people that need special medical attention. There is the quarantine (unclassified) pods as well as minimum, medium, maximum, and super-max pods. And all are either male or female.
Nate: I don't know.
Anne: A- Minimum Security 1st timers, nonviolent offenders mostly drug offenses B- Medium Security violent offenders, number of offenses C- Maximum Security- Most violent offenders, Numerous Felonies

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Mickey: The worst part is either in any pod with an unruly, arrogant guard. The minimum pods are generally better, with any guard, than quarantine because you have more time out of your cell. Any good guard makes the pod better to be in.
Nate: In my block we were able to watch t.v. for 3 hours a dya as long as we did not talk.
Anne: I never saw any other block except the one I was in. You may see a couple of seconds of the concourse which splits off into the holding areas while you shuffle past to court or in or out but that was it. Everything looked the SAME. No direction