Cowlitz County Jail

Jail Layout

Interview with Tom and Candy


JM: How many different blocks were there?
Tom: At least 15.
Candy: 7

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
Tom: No, they were just letters and numbers like M4, F5, F1 & F2.
Candy: apod bpod cpod epod fpod gpod hpod

JM: Which inmates were housed in the different blocks?
Tom: They had like high risk offenders, medium risk and low risk offenders in different blocks.
Candy: a b c were looked up and only out 3 hours a day e is medical f is the hole and g is good pod and h is kitchen

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
Tom: Well, if you were a high risk you were lockdown 23 hours/day. If you were medium risk you got out for 7 hours. Low risk offenders were in a dorm and out all day and had pop and vending machines.
Candy: nothing