Update from Inside – 4/14/2020

Update from Inside – 4/14/2020

Here are a few notable items from inside Perryville as of this morning, 4/14/2020. We mentioned that Perryville was expecting a shipment of 200 cots to be used for COVID-19 quarantine somewhere in the complex. Yesterday, Monday, a convoy of 7 military trucks rolled up...
Updates from Inside

Updates from Inside

As of Wednesday, 4/8/20 – San Carlos: There is a new sign outside of Medical, “Only 5 people inside at a time.” Sounds good, right? It’s not being enforced at all! On that same day at 6 am there were 17 people in the lab lines. At the 1:30 pm...
No Social Distancing at Perryville

No Social Distancing at Perryville

God bless email capable inmates. Families are more than happy to share their loved ones’ email from the women’s prison. It isn’t a pretty picture. The phrase “packed together like sardines” was most prevalent. One woman looked at her...
Women Suffer From Hazardous Vapors

Women Suffer From Hazardous Vapors

Dateline Santa Maria: On October 22, 2019, between the hours of 9:30 and noon women residents on “B” yard, cells in block #2 (2105 to 21-12 and 22-10 to 22-12) were subjected to Natural Sealant 104 fumes. As workers were applying a roof coating, women...
DOC gets ultimatum on deal for healthcare

DOC gets ultimatum on deal for healthcare

Below is a link to the article published by Lauren Castle in the Arizona Republic on October 16 detailing the orders from a federal judge regarding the DOC failure to comply with the settlement involving healthcare for people in state prisons. It’s been 5 years...