Extreme temperatures of 118°F happen in Goodyear where Perryville is located. The following units are without air conditioning and are “cooled” with swamp coolers; Santa Maria, San Pedro, Lumley, and Santa Cruz.
Of course, evaporative coolers do not work at all after the dewpoint reaches 55° or more, which is common during Monsoon. Evaporative coolers do not work when the temperatures exceed 106°F either. The heat is rough on all ages, but especially the elderly and the pregnant. The next time you hear the news anchor say “Keep your elderly and pets in air conditioning today” think of us without it.
The only thing that stands between the women and heatstroke is a little 8″ fan you can buy at Walmart for $12 but costs inmates $22. This is how one 70-year old woman makes it through the Summer. Soak a sheet. Wrap it around your body like a mummy. Point the fan at self until dry. Repeat until September.
Almost all the women here over 60 are on medications that make them susceptible to heatstroke.
Why is there no AC available this is ridiculous it’s not even h
Between the absurd lack of air conditioning and lack of shade it is absolutely cruel and unusual punishment, I am very concerned about the likelihood of heat stroke or skin cancer
I was there in 2009/10 and lived first in the tents on Maria . It was horrible no air in summer no heat in the winter. If we were lucky there was water on the yard . This is very bad treatment and yes we were in prison for a crime but it doesn’t mean we have to die there .
served time on Pedro and maria yards in death heat high 118-120 at times with no water or bathroom privileges. Watching us die and suffer when already suffering adc wont change politics or the policy’s
Having the direct afternoon sun heating up the steel doors making the cells an oven…. having the boiler break so there is no hot water in December,January, February, the swamp coolers pads were filthy, unmaintained and hardly worked, using a mess hall as housing because it was condemned for food preparation, having being served vegetables that was labeled unfit for human consumption. And the list goes on
And I just was told by my wife that if they are caught sleeping naked or in underwear they could be ticketed,wtf.that on top of no ac is cruel and unusual punishment and beyond. And for what reason? They can’t shit or shower in private but re expecting sleep in clothes without ac