by Editor | Mar 25, 2020 | Health, Inmate Stories
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...
by Editor | Mar 17, 2020 | Health
Dateline San Carols 3/15/2020 7:36 am Sgt Spears advised an old woman that she would be given a ticket for hindering staff if she didn’t stop asking about screening for Coronavirus. The inmate called her family to report this conversation. They called us. The...
by Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Health, Infrastructure
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...
by Editor | Oct 30, 2019 | Health
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...
by Editor | Sep 27, 2019 | Health, Inmate Stories
Dateline Santa Maria: This is L.B.’s story, corroborated by her daughter. “I am a 50-year-old woman with a history of hypertension. In the last 2 years at Santa Maria, I have struggled with Medical to get my blood pressure under control. My everyday range,...
by Editor | Aug 15, 2019 | Health
Dateline Lumley: A 62-year-old woman wrote, “I fell down the stairs and my leg really, really hurt. Because I have a high tolerance for pain I thought it was just bruised. I refused initial treatment because I couldn’t afford the $4.00 to see medical. The...
