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Life On The Inside
While you expect most detention facilities to be located on a sprawling complex outside of a town, the Cuyahoga County Jail is actually situated in downtown Cleveland and is made up of two high rise jail towers that are connected with a pedestrian bridge on the fourth floor.

The type of inmates housed at this facility fall into seven various categories. These are: Pretrial Felons to Sentenced Misdemeanants; Juveniles to Adults; County, State and Federal jurisdictions.

A pretrial inmate could find themselves staying for an average of 32 days while a sentence offender will be there for around 130 days. The average daily population is counted out to around 1850. Considering that the jail was designed to only hold 1749, you can see that overcrowding is an issue.

Layout Of The Jail
On each floor of the Cuyahoga County Jail are four separate pod living areas. Each of the floors has their own indoor recreational basketball court and open area for inmates to socialize in.

There is a television on each floor but according to a former inmate, whoever was there the longest usually gets control of the remote. Inmates can play cards if they provide their own deck. For exercise they are relegated to walking the parameters of their pods or playing basketball. There is no such thing as outdoor time at this facility.

To maintain this facility, it costs around $40 million dollars annually. On that budget are the funds to make 6,000 meals a day with an average cost of around .70 cents a meal. Inmates can branch out from the provided meals and buy snacks for themselves twice a week at the facility's commissary.

Good Behavior Policy
Any inmate who stays out of trouble can receive up to 30% off their jail time. There is additional jail time available for maintaining minimum security status. This can result in three additional days off per month. In order to receive this good behavior time and inmate needs to stay out of trouble. Even getting written up for a minor infraction can still jeopardize that good time.

Visitor and Phone Policy
Inmates are given access to telephones during the day. These are for collect calls only. No inmate can receive a call. As for visiting an inmate, you will have to be registered in advance. You can only schedule one visit per visitation day. Upon arrival at the jail, you'll have to present a valid driver's license. Visits are by appointment only are and need to be set up at least 24 hours in advance.

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