Bexar County Jail

Medications

Interview with John, Raquel, Colby, Nikki, Lea and Hoyllwood


JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
John: Yes. They provided an asthma inhaler for my asthma.
Raquel: I didn't take "crazy" pills. Don't take them. Some people say you may need them to sleep or for anxiety. You don't need them.
Colby: yes depending on your medication regiman, medicines are available, indigent or not.
Nikki: No, never
Lea: yes you can get prescribed anything i was prescribed trazodone and zoloft the first day, the trazodone helped so much to sleep.
Hoyllwood: I also begged for my inhaler because I'm asthmatic but they wouldn't give it to me. I had a total of 3 asthma attacks while in jail and no one did anything about it.

JM: How did you get your medications?
John: They just gave me the inhaler to keep on me.
Colby: delivered on a cart operated by a certified pharmacy tech and/or jail nurse.
Lea: you go through an examination
Hoyllwood: I didn't...

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs?
John: I never saw any so I don't know.
Colby: additional charges and loosing privilges including lock down
Nikki: I don't know. Probably lock down, and maybe another charge.
Lea: you can not have an abuse the nurse hands you your one or two pills and she and the guard watch you take them and check your mouth after.
Hoyllwood: I dunno... I didn't have the chance to abuse mine to find out. hahaha