Cleaning chores

Each morning at about 5:30, before breakfast, your sally porter will bring you a broom, a mop bucket with mop, a hand spray bottle of sanitizer, and a few -- like 5 -- sheets of paper towels.  They repeat this routine in the afternoon.

You and your fellow inmates are expected to keep the dorm clean.  Some of your fellow inmates may be lazy and never contribute to the work, but most will help out.

Some of your fellows will lecture you.  Many of us, not used to mopping floors daily, will slop too much soapy water on the floor.  They'll advise you how to properly wring the mop.  

And if you make the mistake of mopping the bathroom first, they'll point out that that floor likely has urine residue.  Do you really want to spread it everywhere else?  Mop the bathroom last.

I used the hand spray bottle liberally, disinfecting the two tables in the dorm as well as the phone, light switches, faucet handles, etc.

During the middle of the night, a jail worker will come through and scrub the shower with disinfectant.  The ICJ is worried about a form of staph that's drug resistant.  That's comforting, but you should wear your plastic sandals when you take a shower.

You'll actually be surprised how much attention your fellow inmates pay to sanitation.  My guess is the jail dorm is at least as clean as the average shower room at a health club.