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.
Woman With Brain Tumor Dropped On Concrete By Male Guard
A 47-year-old woman with a brain tumor was manhandled by a male guard during one of her seizures. This is how her sister and bunkmate tell the incident.
“Jen’s grand mal seizures had been getting worse, we believe, by Naphcare’s inferior tumor meds. That’s our opinion. On this day Jen had a violent seizure so we called an ICS. Jen was unconscious as the male guard tried to lift her onto the wheelchair. He lost his grip and dropped her! Eventually, a very limp Jen was deposited on the wheelchair. The guards all decided to tie her to the chair with a blanket. As Jen was being wheeled to medical, she had another bad seizure and fell out of the chair on the asphalt! Her indignantly was not over as medical staff made her sit in medical for 2 hours in wet pants!”
Elderly Diabetic With Sepsis Forced On Her Knees
A woman in her 70s was told to get on her knees and CRAWL FULLY CHAINED into a van to go to the hospital.
This all started with a spider bite on the woman’s stomach. When you have diabetes, any wound can become easily infected. The lady did go to medical when she got the bite, but all they did for her was give her hydrocortisone cream. It became infected and 5 days later. Even medical staff decided she should go to the hospital. It’s how she got there is the problem.
This is how she told us the story: “While I was in the medical building the 2 guards put me in full chains, legs, arms, belly chain…the works. I’m a minimum custody inmate, still within the prison yard, and normally I use a walker. When I got up to the van, I noticed they didn’t have a step (per policy) so I asked for one. The male guard snarled, ” We don’t have it get in now!” There was no way I could raise my leg in shackles so they told me to kneel on the van step. It took both guards to drag me to seat level, then they just shoved me sideways onto the seat. I was in unrelenting pain.”
Woman Left in Agony for Hours at San Carlos
An Air Force veteran we featured before, had another severe injury to her previously broken leg. Her knee and ankle were left hideously swollen just before 11 am count. CO Lara was informed immediately, but she asked the inmate if she could wait until count had cleared.
Unfortunately, during count, San Carlos had 3 ICS’s and our Vet hadn’t been seen by medical yet for, she claims, 2 hours. Finally, Lt. Cole stops by and the Vet is wheeled to medical. Allegedly, Lt. Cole tells her that an ICS is a “life or death situation, and hers doesn’t qualify.”
The Vet is a good soldier but she is crying because of the pain. The Head Nurse makes an assessment looking at the grotesquely swollen knee, and orders her to x-ray at Complex. After waiting in the medical hall for 3 hours, she is informed that no one is available to take her there! The Vet ends up back at the Bay for the night.
The next day our veteran is ordered to the V gate for the trip to Complex. Perryville only has one working wheelchair van, but it’s in use somewhere. The Vet has to refuse because without a wheelchair van, she’d be forced to CRAWL into the regular van. Been there, done that and she won’t do it again. A refusal means no x-ray….she hopes nothing is broken
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