by Editor | Jun 14, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure
Reportedly, there is one, made-for-wheelchair/lift-type van in this whole place. Wheelchair-bound inmates say virtually nothing is handicapped accessible in Perryville. We’ve written before on Medium custody buildings built (1970s) before disability laws were...
by Editor | Jun 13, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
What that officer was referring to was the Feds taking over the health care of Arizona prisoners. We feel Judge Silver will have no choice but to do this, as reluctant as she is to do so. You have read the many stories on this site about the horrendous neglect of our...
by Editor | Jun 12, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure
The Order and Injunction signed by Judge Silver mandates that essential staffing levels be at 75% by Oct 7, 2023. When interviewing employees on San Carlos, the largest unit in the state, about this mandate, first they laugh. They think the whole notion of that...
by Editor | May 11, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
(This is W.E.’s story) ” I was born in September of 1950. I have diabetes, heart disease, and COPD. The first week I was at San Carlos an LVN (who shouldn’t be doing injections anyway), overdosed me by 10 cc’s of insulin. Instead of 4 cc of...
by Editor | May 8, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
Dateline: San Carlos. Mid-morning an elderly woman fell out of her bunk, face first, and unresponsive. An ambulance and firetruck arrived at the gate to take the stricken inmate to the hospital. The guards emptied out C bay and made them stay near the basketball...
by Editor | May 8, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure
JM: Is 80 years old and has been in Perryville since 2005. She has diabetes, and hypertension, and has had multiple heart attacks while incarcerated. The prison delayed proper treatment until her latest heart attack, at which time she was at the hospital getting a...
