by Editor | Dec 30, 2019 | Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
Update 1/6/2020: Due to media pressure the DOC has given the ladies toilet paper and feminine hygiene products. Back to normal Update as of 12/30/19: Sign posted on the office NO TP NO TAMPONSNO PADS Women report that when they are given a roll of toilet paper, the...
by Editor | Nov 16, 2019 | Inmate Stories
Recently, Perryville Santa Cruz Unit suffered a tragedy. A young woman chose to end her life. Although the circumstances of her pain will never fully be known, we appreciate the special COII officers who took the time to counsel with her as often as they could. We...
by Editor | Oct 29, 2019 | Inmate Stories
[Disclaimer: This website does not independently verify inmates’ stories. We only give them their First Amendment right to speak. An inmate wrote us this account and said she was working as an informant on behalf of the D.O.C.] Dateline Santa Cruz: “Ms. R,...
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 | Sep 24, 2019 | Inmate Stories
Up until recently, an inmate could buy a lightbulb for $0.78. Then came the outrageous $2.00 lightbulb. But Keefe/Trinity, not done bilking the inmates out of ther hard-won dime, jacked up the price to $7.00!! I’ve heard of $2,000 toilet seats purchased by the...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2019 | Inmate Stories
Dateline San Carlos: A recent search on San Carlos had the addition of black-clothed commandos called the dreaded men in black. These squads made up of all men over 6-feet tall, were created to quell riots and suppress inmate unrest, or to deal with hostage...
