Tarrant County Jail

Jail Layout

Interview with DC, Keith, Joe, Heidi and Dillon


JM: How many different blocks were there?
DC: Hmmm..there were 4 "pods", that is 4 big rooms linked together by back doors to the gym they shared.
Keith: New Jail has 6 floors with 4 sections of 72 inmates in each, one and two man cells. 2 floors are sectioned different for medical and 8 man tanks. Green Bay has around 80 different tanks ranging from 8 to 24 inmates in each.
Joe: not blocks,pods.
Heidi: 4 differeny pods onthe womens floor- 24 cells per pod
Dillon: from what i could tell 4 per floor for 7 floors.

JM: Did they have names? If so, what were they?
DC: No.
Keith: New Jail - 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 & 63 (women) ABC&D. Green Bay - 41 A-Z, 42 A-Z, 43 A- Z. Old Jail 25 A-R, 26 A-R (women)
Joe: numbered.
Heidi: no
Dillon: Just a, b, c, and d per floor.

JM: Which inmates were housed in the different blocks?
DC: All women in each pod. I think there were work release inmates in one of them, though. Nonetheless they were all women, though.
Keith: They are all mixed together.
Joe: youve got general population,and seg. crazies-seg, everybody else,g-pop.
Heidi: all types
Dillon: Unknown

JM: What do you remember being the nicest and worst parts about the different blocks?
DC: Nice parts - somewhat clean and decent Worst parts - being locked up, obviously
Keith: They inmates keep it clean. Green Bay is LOUD.
Joe: seg was best, the solitude was nice. the population i didnt ever like,too noisy,smelly.
Heidi: we could close our door and get away from everyone if we chose to
Dillon: Unknown