by Editor | Oct 19, 2020 | front page, Inmate Stories
We’ve been getting messages about an inmate who has been transferred from her “home” unit to 48-hour closed custody on Lumley. She has been there now for 4 days. At least 1 email didn’t make it past the DOC censors but these did. Here is what...
by Editor | Oct 19, 2020 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
Another botched diagnosis, with accompanying malpractice, by DOC’s medical provider. We’ll let Tiffany tell her own story. She had the foresight to compile a diary. “In April of 2020, I noticed a lump in my right breast. I immediately put in an HNR...
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 10, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Inmate Stories
We interviewed a young lady who was recently released. “I was on San Carlos the first week of July when I started to feel really sick. I put in an HNR, and the nurse temped me at 101.8 with shortness of breath. They sent me back to my Bay! That night I received...
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 20, 2020 | front page, Inmate Stories
This one even amazes us. Helena received a MAJOR ticket from the night guard, for sleeping through his kicking her bed frame at 4:00am! The DHO (0fficer in charge of major tickets), told Helena at her hearing, “That will teach you for disrespecting an officer...
