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...
by Editor | Jul 17, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Inmate Stories
This came in this morning and we are posting it exactly as we received it. “I’m out jogging when I see a friend my age (70s) who asks about the town hall meeting. So I stop to give her a recap, and I’m on the part about the DW not mandating...
by Editor | Jul 1, 2020 | front page, Inmate Stories
I’d like to address the frivolous and arbitrary tickets given on San Carlos unit. I find it curious that I could go years with a completely clean disciplinary record, and get two tickets in one week on Carlos. Neither ticket was based on written policy. Since...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Inmate Stories
So many of the stories of front line workers are written in media, but few would know that inmates were also instrumental in fighting this disease. There are 36 women in the garment factory at Perryville. Beginning on March 31st, these ladies started working 12-15...
by Editor | May 28, 2020 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
( a letter passed to us—names of medical personnel deleted for this post. We have no way of verifying, but this woman has a right to her opinion.)”Letter From A Dead Woman”My name was Debra R, but Perryville saw me as a number. I died on Jan. 11,...
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...
