by Editor | Sep 28, 2020 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
Several Complex (where all inmate food is prepared) kitchen workers recently posted this news: ” During my shift yesterday, (9/25/20) we were removing pallets of bread and discovered 3 cases had been eaten by rats. As we entered the storage area, I saw two...
by Editor | Sep 25, 2020 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
“Hi, my name is Joy and I arrived in Perryville 2019 at the ripe old age of 78. I used a cane when I came in, and now I’m wheelchair-bound. I’m serving a 2-year sentence for a white-collar crime I did not commit. Although I am a cancer survivor, I...
by Editor | Sep 24, 2020 | front page, Health
We have received several emails and tear-stained handwritten letters about the inmate who died on Tuesday on Santa Cruz. We let her friends speak. ” Tracy was one of my best friends. She had been in a car accident prior to coming to Perryville, and was in a lot...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2020 | front page, Health
We have unfortunately learned of another suicide on Santa Cruz yesterday. Visits are the life blood of every inmate, and being cut off from the warm embrace of family is heartbreaking. The DOC resists every effort by mental health professionals to install more therapy...
by Editor | Sep 4, 2020 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
Letter from a patient. “I have been waiting for a hysterectomy for 3 years in Perryville. I have endured almost continual bleeding for that long. The DOC’s for-profit health insurance will try anything to get out of paying for that surgery. At first, they...
by Assist. Editor | Aug 26, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Health
With our women currently held in lock-down since March, their access to communication with the outside world has been severely restricted. Add the additional 14 day quarantine of only an hour a day recreation, you have a mental health disaster that has not been...
