Officer Pearch was posted on C Bay, Sunday, October 16th. Air Force veteran Quinnett, who was the 1st woman Crew Chief on the F-15 at Luke Air Force Base, has PTSD and various mental and physical issues, but means no one any harm, and keeps to herself.
One of those issues that are contrary to prison policy is compliance with 704’s, which are strict rules on what and how many possessions are allowed. By her own admission, she keeps too many items. “Hoarding” is indicative of mental health problems that we don’t have the space to go into. I just needed to set the scene. I had a front-row seat for this as my cube is only 2 feet away.
Officer Pearch descended on Quinnett with a vengeance, armed with 4 garbage bags. Visibly upset Quinnett could only watch as her possessions were unceremoniously reduced to trash and dragged away. In my opinion, this officer’s vicious attitude toward the inmate was unwarranted. Quinnett was begging for scraps of memories from the officer, only to be gruffly rebuffed. At the end of this debacle… I saw the former Crew Chief on the floor crying and sobbing. I thought, this 66-year-old vet could survive a war, but not the cruelty of a DOC officer.
(Editors postscript: At that time inmate Quinnett was advised of 4 tickets by Pearch. As of 10-20-22, these are unresolved or pending. Ms. Quinnett’s story of officer Pearch’s knocking her off her chair the next day at Property, will be written separately.)