As the OB/GYN handed me my first bag of diapers, I said “I knew this day would come.”
If you are following the previous stories about Charley Bay, you know it is an extension of IPC and the SNU. This is where the DOC stores its minimum elderly, infirm, cancer patients, and the walking corpses. Also, the schizophrenic, bipolar, and seriously mentally I’ll, as I’ve come to find out.
But back to the diapers! I asked the GYN why I can’t just use the bathroom after the officer has marked me off for count….why do I have to wait for an hour or more to pee?
He said, “The youngsters have really loused you people up. What I mean is, the younger women take advantage of it by visiting, doing laundry, using the microwave. We KNOW you folks just want to relieve your bladder, but the others goof off. Therefore, you have to pee in a diaper.”
Does this make sense to you DOC? I mean, really? Do you have any idea how much dignity that takes away from us? Apparently, the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act doesn’t cover that.