Infrastructure Nightmares
Introduction to this Topic by the Editor
I need to give you a little background on Perryville so this will be more understandable. This prison was built in the early
Explaining the Shower Picture
This is an accurate sketch of a real shower in “B” yard, Santa Cruz unit. Do you see the loose wires hanging in the lower door jamb? I was told they were “live” because this shower light is still on. I won’t test this theory! I’ve tried to portray all the standing water in front of those wires. All the shower units have standing water because the drains are all plugged.
Standing water = black mold we see everywhere
When inmates complained about the condition of this shower, they just took off the door and left it open. In the shower next to this one (not pictured) is the same filth.
The regulators (hot and cold) will not engage so moving the handle from Hot to Cold does nothing. The temperature the DOC sets is what you get. In the winter the water is cold and in the summer, it’s hot. The water pressure would increase dramatically if they would soak the shower heads in Lime-aWay to remove 50 years of accumulated minerals.
Civil Rights Complaint against DW Jones et al
On September 24, 2024, prisoner Sonia Rodriguez, filed a civil rights complaint in The United States District Court against Deputy Warden Jones and 17 others of his staff. The suit alleges 18 staff members of San Carlos Unit, “Prevented legal mail to be delivered to her ACLU attorney and interfered with confidential relationship with counsel.” In the space labeled “Injury: state how you were injured by Defendants.” Ms. Rodriguez writes, “My medical care, confidentiality, correspondence, and advocacy by my lawyers and providers, was blocked and interrupted by defendants.” In space provided for, “State the relief you are seeking:” Ms. Rodriguez writes, “My Fourteenth, Sixth, and First Amendment rights were violated, and I demand relief in change of ADOC policy, and Arizona legislature. All other monetary amounts shall be discussed in the future.”
Readers that wish more detail can access case # 2:24-cv-02549-JJT–CBD
Carlos making 1380 women eat in ONE kitchen
Since the advent of Aramark’s good food and nutrition on Sept 30th, the entire population of San Carlos wants to eat in the chow hall. Instead of making this transition easier, DW Tony Baloney is making it much more difficult. There are TWO kitchens at Carlos, for breakfast and lunch he makes all the women funnel in ONE door at one chow hall. Only at dinner does he open both dining halls.
A Carlos inmate now has her entire life revolve around eating three times a day. Hey, it’s a step up from zero in her miserable existence, before it was 24 hours of sensory deprivation PLUS lousy food. At least now standing in line for 3 hours per day nets her something gratifying…. delicious food.
DW Jones: “Wheelchairs and disabled, EAT LAST
Yep, ol’ Tony Baloney (Anthony Jones) has decreed that folks using wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and other medical chronos, are encouraged to eat the CRUMBS and SCRAPES from the table that the able bodied leave behind! Isn’t he a treasure?
Our eyewitnesses have observed old ladies in walkers crying because their legs hurt from standing in line for over an hour. Women in wheelchairs in the dirt, (because the line is so long it extends through the baseball field) sliding backward and tipping over from the rough ground. It’s still 115 outside, so there were several gals that succumbed to the heat standing for so long. Why are they willing to put themselves through this? For nutrition that has been denied them for 15 years!
If you could have a cold fresh banana after not seeing one for over a decade, wouldn’t you do anything for it? Chilled yogurt…..they never see that outside a food visit. Aramark has been feeding Arizona inmates people food!!! Not dog food anymore. One guard complained out loud grumpily, “These assholes eat better than I do now.”
Well, it appears to us, the asshole, is the guy at the top of Carlos that showers disdain on the handicapped.
Update on the Update of Dec 19th
On December 19th there WAS a reduction of overcrowding, noticeable on San Carlos in particular. Now, on January 9th, 2023, all the bunk beds are full as is "the street". The medical department is a zoo and those ambulances just keep coming. Fights and ICS's are...
PLN Front-page/ “Arizona prison healthcare ‘grossly inadequate’ and ‘Deliberately indifferent to prisoners serious harm’
Go online, or consult the print issue of Prison Legal News, December 2022 edition. This is an excellent summary of the complex problems surrounding Jensen v. Shinn. Will the media onslaught of negative press finally make a dent in this draconian prison system? There's...
Another Pregnancy Nightmare!
Two days after Jimmy Jenkin's article "Prisoners Induced Against Their Will" came out in print, we received a story by a new mother's travail. We will call her "Cassie". Cassie came to Perryville about 8 months pregnant. This is a synopsis of what she wrote. We have...
READ THIS- Prisoners Induced Against Their Will!
1-4-23 front page above the fold, by Jimmy Jenkins, Arizona Republic newspaper. This excellent, heartbreaking article written by Jimmy, exposes the dark underbelly of DOC cruelty toward women. This blog is proud to have facilitated, in a small way, in bringing this...
AZ Republic: Hobbs to Inherit Prison Systems Woes
(Entire credit for this article goes to Jimmy Jenkins, reporter extraordinaire) Inmates inside the AZ prisons are routinely subjected to disease, violence, inhumane conditions, and untimely death. Suicides have reached record highs, and staffing has reached record...
UPDATE on overcrowding
With the ACLU breathing down the DOC's back, inmates have been "expedited" out of prison. Women not even expecting release were told to pack up and go home. This is welcome news to the inmates experiencing serious overcrowding in Perryville.
BREAKING: Drug raid on staff over the weekend
We received numerous reports of a shakedown of guards this weekend, by visitors, inmates, tram drivers, and other staff. The Internal Investigation unit allegedly searched the guards' cars and found illegal drugs. Other staff was personally searched after leaving the...
Naphcare NOT paying medical bills ruin inmates’ credit!
The prison's for-profit health provider is not paying the inmate's bills so unpaid bills are sent to the inmates themselves. Some uneducated families don't know the prison is responsible for all medical care. They think they have to pay bills for MRI scans, ambulance...
Why do female guards seem to be the hardest on female inmates?
Women will gang up on other women. Yes, they will accuse others to keep themselves off the hook. They will gladly take positions of power over other women in systems where women have little power, prison being the perfect example. All power is relative. Some...
Dateline Cruz: Crowded, crowded….
Cheek to jowl, packed like sardines, squished to the limit. Those are the expressions coming from the ladies on Cruz. As soon as a bed vacates in minimum, that bed doesn't have a chance to cool before it's taken by a former medium.
Dateline Lumley: No Covid booster?
As reported from recent transfers from Lumley, they still have not received their first booster shot. Other Units are in progress in delivering boosters. Also, the word in Admin is that the last remaining mediums on D yard are coming to Cruz. That would mean Lumley,...
Perryville is full to the rafters
As the jails pour out new people into the state prison system, the DOC can't handle the deluge. Staff sources describe alleged improprieties in regard to the classification of inmates. There are reports, that we can't confirm, that some women with very high points...
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