by Editor | Dec 21, 2022 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
The prison’s for-profit health provider is not paying the inmate’s bills so unpaid bills are sent to the inmates themselves. Some uneducated families don’t know the prison is responsible for all medical care. They think they have to pay bills for MRI...
by Editor | Oct 17, 2022 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
The women here are experiencing severe constipation, bloating, and nausea. The nurses have said the majority of HNR’s are about these problems. I’m not talking a brief bout with constipation, but months of agony and pain in the lower intestines. Today a...
by Editor | Oct 12, 2022 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
A pregnant woman on San Carlos that is in her 8th month, had an infected spider bite on her torso. Her OB/GYN started her on clinical stock antibiotics because the Dr. feared the infection would hurt the baby. NaphCare told her she would have the pills the next day,...
by Editor | Oct 12, 2022 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
The new, for-profit, health care provider started October 1st. for all Arizona jails and prisons. What a MESS. Right off the bat, the computers stopped working, and I mean they couldn’t do anything right. One hundred people were assigned to one (and only)...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2022 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
A worker at Print Shop almost lost her hand in one of the machines there. Allegedly, two fingers were stripped away, but 911 was called immediately. At the hospital, surgeons were able to reattach the ring and index fingers, although time will tell if she can use them...
by Editor | Apr 22, 2022 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
Recently, we heard from an elderly inmate, and this is her letter about fellow aging women in prison. “I hadn’t been back to Cruz unit in over 3 years. Cruz is where they store most of the aging population in medium custody. Women in their 60s and 70s all...
