In one word...VOTE.

Please vote in the election this November. For the first time in 60 years, we might shift the legislature to Democrat; therefore, more pro-inmate bills can be implemented. The Republicans never let criminal justice bills be heard on the floor, so they don’t even get a chance at a hearing.

If a candidate knocks on your door asking for your vote, question them about their plans for the prisons. If they don’t drop by your residence, look them up on their campaign website. Before the women get to Perryville, they go through the jail system.

Read Jimmy Jenkins’s excellent front-page article in the Republic, August 18th, “Dying in the dark” about the astronomical death rate in Maricopa jails. We suspect the causes of deaths recorded in prison, are not recorded accurately just like in the jails.

One example among many, is a lady we’ll call Laura. Extremely poor medical care let Laura’s chronic kidney disease deteriorate to the point of dialysis. The haphazard way No Care Naphcare carried on her dialysis treatments, allegedly, contributed to her hospitalization and untimely death. Reportedly, the cause of death was listed as “natural”. That gets the prison off the hook for deplorable health care.

Every one of you that reads this blog, can do something positive for your loved one in Perryville….. VOTE!

We first reported on this guy when we received so many complaints from San Carlos residents in February. The article was about his propensity to authorize “excessive shakes” at his unit. Jones has virtually no work experience with women, as he came to Perryville from a male prison for his first deputy warden post. Reportedly, the gals say Jones got there Oct 1st and to date put them through 18 grueling shakes (A shake takes almost an entire day, the women are stripped, marched through a metal detector, their rear ends sniffed by dogs, herded into visitation with nothing to do, and come back to their home ripped apart and property missing…..it’s being VIOLATED).

According to policy, shakes are only supposed to be done QUARTERLY…. not whenever the DW feels like punishing the ladies. The alleged reason for the shakes is “finding drugs”. Maybe they should put their own staff through the body scanner…..just a thought.

During Covid when there was no visits in any prison, the reported increase in drugs tripled in state and federal lockups. These drugs could only be coming in from one source, because it sure wasn’t from visits.

In addition to the shakes, the Carlos residents feel Jones has not done one thing to make their lives better or more comfortable in any way. For example, the ladies hate living in a “toaster oven” with all bay lights on even with the 118 heat outside. They have pleaded, begged, and grieved, to have the hot lights turned off especially during the summer, to no avail. Ideas and proposals from residents land on Jones deaf ears, usually to the tune of “We don’t have money in the budget for that.” Jones should go back to the men’s unit, and let the Carlos women have a DW that will make their life better, not adding more stress to their already tortured lives.