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.
ACLU coming to Perryville before Judge Silver’s big decision
The ACLU always gets its ducks in a row before going to court. In the long-running Jensen v Thornell lawsuit this is especially important. Judge Silver announced she would render a major decision in the case toward the end of August.
Lawyers for the ACLU will be interviewing patients and reviewing medical records, to prove to the Court how life-threatening it can be to reside in an Arizona prison. Families and inmates have written us with terrifying stories of medical malpractice and deliberate indifference, which we have forwarded to the ACLU.
This time, we hope Judge Silver does the right thing and puts the whole prison system under receivership!
Cruz: Global warming to another level
Our whole staff is about to get out of Arizona for a summer vacation, but we need to file this story first.
Last year Channel 12 shook Thornell awake and made him realize, a) His officers lie about the cell temperature numbers, b) It gets up to 109 in those concrete coffins they make women live in, c) The money for air conditioning was misappropriated (stolen) years ago.
This year Channel 15 is taking up the gauntlet and focusing on Perryville women’s blistering heat. Thornell cheaped out this year though. Last year each woman on Cruz got a Keefe 7lb bag of ice every day plus an ice cooler. This year they get one “scoop” of ice twice a day, most of which melts before they get home.
This year they have two holes in their wall OPEN to the outside, because the contractors were unable to finish the project. Now they have added heat plus dust. Can you readers imagine what that unmitigated heat is doing to the elderly, disabled, cancer patients, and the pregnant?!!
We treat strays in animal shelters better than this!
Aramark: Our new food vendor as of September 1st
After more than a decade of making residents sick and their wallets lighter, Trinity/Keefe has finally been given the heave-ho by ADCRR. If you look through the archived articles we’ve written about rats and rotten food directly attributed to Trinity, you’ll understand why we’re happy to see them go. May they rot in their “shmeat”!
We’ve been sitting on this story for a month now. Why rush to press when there was so much info and interviews to gather? We actually have a source, that talked to real live women in three states, that have Aramark as their food vendor. They like it. The gals especially enjoyed the food that could be bought by them, like Keefe’s Trinity meal, and the meals available for purchase by their families, like Keefe’s Secure Pak. We’re not sure we believe the $20 steak meal, salads, fresh veggies, fresh fruit, but one can always hope there’s a Santa.
Apparently, the daily food in the chow hall is tasty and healthy. Go ahead and look up their catalog online like we did…wow. That $50 banquet is going to make some lucky inmate very happy.
Of course, here’s the caveat….. what will the DOC let them sell? Keefe allegedly had good food in their catalog too, that doesn’t mean the DOC let inmates buy it. If the ADCRR wants to keep them eating nothing but junk food, then by golly that’s all Aramark is going to sell.
We have to report the not-so-good side of Aramark too, so here it is: Prison Legal News, May 2024/ “Aramark, Prison Food For Thought.” That article will make your hair curl. The reality for Perryville women will probably be somewhere in between. We interviewed people who remember when Keefe first started. They had good stuff too, large portions, etc., but every year their quality and quantity tapered off into garbage. All profiteers that make money off mass incarceration, can’t be expected to provide good service to inmates. After all, the inmate is NOT the customer….. the state is…and that’s who they have to keep happy.
Letters: The Tyrants of Carlos
(Many letters from "C" bay, San Carlos) "These are the tyrants of C bay: Correctional Officers, PEARCH, SOTO, and LUCID. These pint-sized terrorists make our life miserable. The DOC puts these women guards on C bay because it's closest to the gate, and a female must...
Very little maintenance at PeeVille…… Why
Our officer sources say that every available maintenance person is working on air conditioning. As one officer put it, "We don't even bother putting in work orders anymore." We have dozens of letters from inmates describing broken washers and dryers, locks, lights,...
Why won’t the DOC report Covid cases????
We've had many, many, emails regarding coughing hacking women at the minimum units. Allegedly, the DOC hides them in quarantine cells and does not report the cases to the state health department.... or anyone else. As usual, transparency is the opposite of what the...
Chaos on Carlos…. Naphcare strikes again
Where did the DOC get this outfit??? Yesterday, Nurse L. had 90 people on her care list...are they crazy!! She is very competent so she whittled it down to 20 and sent the rest home. Today, 11-10-22, there is reportedly standing-room-only in the medical lobby, and in...
Another Naphcare snafu?
Inmates were provided a Family and Friends phone/email address for inquiries regarding their healthcare. Supposedly, family could find out info on how their incarcerated loved one could deal with the new for-profit healthcare provider. The phone number never went to a...
Nightmare on Naphcare street
We've had terrible stories of how bad the Naphcare rollout has been, we don't know where to start. Reportedly, the app on the inmates' tablets does not work well. An officer said the Naphcare computer does not talk to the DOC computer, which causes major headaches for...
Vermin infests Perryville!
Our sources on Lumley, Cruz, and Carlos report ROACHES and RODENTS permeating the living quarters. Inmates on Cruz and Lumley are mostly infested with roaches, while San Carlos has problems with mice and rats. At C bay on Carlos, 3 mice were reportedly caught in...
Dateline: Santa Cruz….guess who’s missing??
The inmates alleged, most hated Sargent, Seymour (dick)! No one has seen the infamous misogynistic, knuckle dragger in weeks! We have had mail regarding this phenomenon. Where did he go? The biggest joke about him is that he camped out in the DOC parking lot. The guy...
Dateline: Santa Maria–Why is this the happiest place in Perryville?
For years, and in countless interviews with inmates AND staff, Maria has been voted the best. It doesn't seem to matter what year, or who the DW was....inmates love it. Let's innumerate the reasons Best View--the view of the mountains is unobstructed, and it is...
Mass Exodus of Staff From PeeVille?
This was just in from three trusted sources. The staff is even telling the inmates they are leaving their jobs and making no bones as to why they are out of here. "Sh*t rolls downhill", was the most common phrase used, meaning they are VERY dissatisfied with upper...
Officer Pearch Causes 66-year-old to be Knocked Off Her Chair!
(This is the follow-up story to "Disabled Vet humiliated by officer Pearch". The only witnesses to this event is COII Pearch, Lt. Sanders, and inmate Quinnett.-Ed.) Monday morning Quinnett was called to Property by COII Pearch, to do a 909 (that is a list of all...
Celebrated Disabled American Vet Humiliated by COII Pearch
Officer Pearch was posted on C Bay, Sunday, October 16th. Air Force veteran Quinnett, who was the 1st woman Crew Chief on the F-15 at Luke Air Force Base, has PTSD and various mental and physical issues, but means no one any harm, and keeps to herself. One of those...
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