Our whole staff is about to get out of Arizona for a summer vacation, but we need to file this story first.

Last year Channel 12 shook Thornell awake and made him realize, a) His officers lie about the cell temperature numbers, b) It gets up to 109 in those concrete coffins they make women live in, c) The money for air conditioning was misappropriated (stolen) years ago.

This year Channel 15 is taking up the gauntlet and focusing on Perryville women’s blistering heat. Thornell cheaped out this year though. Last year each woman on Cruz got a Keefe 7lb bag of ice every day plus an ice cooler. This year they get one “scoop” of ice twice a day, most of which melts before they get home.

This year they have two holes in their wall OPEN to the outside, because the contractors were unable to finish the project. Now they have added heat plus dust. Can you readers imagine what that unmitigated heat is doing to the elderly, disabled, cancer patients, and the pregnant?!!

We treat strays in animal shelters better than this!