Several staff members working at Cruz, including mental health professionals, have written in to comment on improved attitudes of inmates since the opening of the Hub. Arizona State University has long had a “Hub” at Santa Cruz for art classes and various learning events. This year the residents went all out redecorating the entire space for the rededication in September. Cruz is the only unit with a trauma informed classroom. It’s also a place to “just chill out and relax”. Tara Diaz, DOC’s Assistant Director, remarked the trauma informed classroom will build a sense of community at Cruz. There are ASU Transformation Groups, ASU classes on many subjects, with goals and projects for each resident of Santa Cruz. We wish every unit in Perryville had a Hub…..and why not?

This is a heartbreaker. Through the years we’ve noticed that women with significant family support, have much better health outcomes. In this case, not even the heroic actions of her son saved his mother from the hateful clutches of evil Naphcare.

Several years ago on Cruz, Mrs. L. complained to the medical department about stomach and intestinal issues. As usual, without an MRI or any other diagnostic tool, they tossed her some Tums and that was it. As symptoms grew worse, she started to believe it might be her heart and she asked for help on that. All Naphcare would do was the cheapest, most elementary tests that were, of course, inconclusive.

Mrs. L. was then transferred to San Carlos for her last 5 years of torture. By this time the once vibrant woman was in a walker with seat. She was gray and pale and had lost 50 pounds. Her son in California, was already hounding Naphcare and the prison for better medical care for his mom.

A total collapse, and vital signs that even scared the nurses, led to a 911 call for Mrs. L. She spent two weeks in the hospital enduring two major surgeries….wait for it…..cancer of the bowel! The surgeons removed 18 inches of mass and intestine and inserted a port for chemotherapy.

It was stressed that she needed immediate chemo as the cancer was the type that would spread quickly. Yeah, you guessed it….it’s been three weeks and no chemo started, 5 days and no antibiotics started.

The son flew in from California and is screaming bloody murder to everybody including the governor. He is relentless in pursuing the Perryville warden and DW of Carlos. Yesterday, without antibiotics, sepsis started at her incision site…..then the stitches broke and she was bleeding all over her bed. Another 911 call to try and repair the grievous neglect of Perryville prison.

Will Mrs. L. live? Stay tuned to the blog for new developments.

Call your stock Broker and sell Securus short! Ever since that foreign outfit with the chinese parts suckered the DOC into buying their tablets, the inmates have been miserable and wallets empty. Ask the families that try to contact their loved ones through that cheesy pile of crap tablets. Securus can’t build a WiFi system that can support the product. They sell free games for $9.00 to “customers” who have no other options. The email is down more than it’s up. Those expensive games wipe and start over every few weeks, so you never get a chance to finish one. Did I mention there’s no customer support or service?