
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.

70 year old on verge of death because of No-Care-Naphcare
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.

Want to make millions?
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?

The Death Van
Why do the ladies at Perryville call it that? This particular van is described by the residents as ancient, filthy, no a/c or heat, and NO STEP STOOL as required by policy.
Try this in your van or truck tomorrow…. first put a belly chain on, then handcuff your arms to that, and don’t forget to shackle your feet so you can barely move. Then imagine you’ve had major surgery of some kind, or a broken leg, or 3 feet of intestines removed. Try to get in the van with no help from the officers, except screaming at you of course. If you’ve made it that far congrats, you’re probably under 30. Now imagine it’s August and it’s 118 degrees…..and they stuff you in a van with no a/c. Petty cruel huh?
When Paul Whelan came back from 5 years in a Russian prison, and he started describing what the conditions were, I really swore he was talking about Perryville.
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...
Disciplinary Tickets for Bathroom Visits Only on CARLOS??
Within the last week and a half, I have interviewed inmates from Piestawa and Rosa, AND an officer from there. It appears that this mean-spirited and draconian rule of making women wait an hour or more to urinate is just a Carlos rule. This is my question to the...
Why the Proliferation of Lower GI Problems in Perryville?
The women here are experiencing severe constipation, bloating, and nausea. The nurses have said the majority of HNR's are about these problems. I'm not talking a brief bout with constipation, but months of agony and pain in the lower intestines. Today a young lady...
Another Beleaguered Guard up Past her Bedtime
What motivates these female guards to suit up every day for low pay and little benefits? The low staff problem means many guards have to work double shifts. A graveyard shift officer is again pulling the day shift for the glory of the DOC. She frankly looks like a...
1500 Women at Night with ONE guard
Taxpayers check this out. For your $1.5 Billion DOC budget, you only get one guard on duty from 10 pm to 6 am to watch over your daughters. I have to get up during the night to use the restroom, and that's when I noticed there was no guard anywhere in the Bay. I...
CO Soto Likes to Watch Them Squirm
CO II Soto is working "the old folks home and maternity ward" at San Carlos (C Bay). She looks like she's getting intense enjoyment from making the women wait a whole hour, or more, to go to the bathroom. We have checked other Bays on the same day and time and...
No Antibiotics for Pregnant Woman, and No Breast Pads!
A pregnant woman on San Carlos that is in her 8th month, had an infected spider bite on her torso. Her OB/GYN started her on clinical stock antibiotics because the Dr. feared the infection would hurt the baby. NaphCare told her she would have the pills the next day,...
Crisis Central–NaphCare is a BUST!
The new, for-profit, health care provider started October 1st. for all Arizona jails and prisons. What a MESS. Right off the bat, the computers stopped working, and I mean they couldn't do anything right. One hundred people were assigned to one (and only) Provider...
73-year-old Woman Gets Ticket for Going to the Bathroom
Here's some punitive justice for you...it happened on San Carlos. This elderly woman was new to Carlos, and had seen others going to the bathroom after they were marked off for count. This time though, CO Merkel grabbed her tag, and advised her of a ticket for...
Quarantine Nightmares
(This is a composite of 3 interviews with women that spent quarantine time on Lumley. It's amazing how similar the stories are-Ed.) " The cell they threw me in was filthy and looked like it had never been cleaned. A dirty room is where the DOC puts its sickest people...
More Takes from the Crypt
As the OB/GYN handed me my first bag of diapers, I said "I knew this day would come." If you are following the previous stories about Charley Bay, you know it is an extension of IPC and the SNU. This is where the DOC stores its minimum elderly, infirm, cancer...
Survivors Guilt
It's 115 degrees outside, add 7 degrees more for urban heat syndrome, caused by nothing but cement and asphalt in PeeVille. This is a killer heat wave for all the women incarcerated in medium and closed custody. I survived 11 summers on Lumley, Cruz and Maria with NO...
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