by Editor | Mar 20, 2024 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
(A rebuttal to Director Thornell’s out-of-touch letter to the inmate population. A first-hand recent account.) “My dad had just died and I felt like joining him. I went to medical and informed the guard that I felt like hurting myself. At first, he tried...
by Editor | Feb 9, 2024 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
(Ed. note: We have seen the patient’s original X-ray report and copy of the letter she sent to the Prison Law Office, and of course, we did a one-on-one interview. This article starts with an overview of her situation taken from the letter to Prison Law.)...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
(Letter received from minimum resident) “I am currently enrolled in Mandatory. (Ed. note: Until recently, mandatory was a 8th grade equivalency test all inmates are required to pass. Not passing this test affects everything in their life during incarceration.) I...
by Editor | Oct 16, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
We’ve been writing about the for-profit healthcare vendors destroying inmates’ credit scores since our inception. Instead of getting better, it gets worse. Here’s our latest example….. Ms. M. In 2021 she was sent by ambulance to Abrazo West...
by Editor | Oct 13, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
The DOC and San Carlos administration has come to an all-time low. This sweet, shy, lady who lost a lung in a traffic accident, has been condemned to breathe toxic fumes from the smoking bathroom. Her cube is only a few feet from A bays designated smoking bathroom. (A...
by Editor | Sep 7, 2023 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
(Whew. I just finished a 2-hour interview with this new mom….and I’m exhausted. I’m forwarding this to the media, Judge Silver, Director Thornell, and Governor Hobbs.). Ms. Thomas in her own words. “I’ve never been in prison before,...
