(From lady on Lumley) I have been denied full access to the Court of Appeals because of, I believe, being indigent, filing grievances and being housed on closed custody. I have legal copies of DOC logged mail to/from courts. They delayed legal mail two months because I did not write legal mail on the LEFT corner of the envelope. My PCR case was dismissed because the deadline was not met, although I can prove by the log I mailed it in plenty of time. I received the docket report and compared it to the DOC legal log book, and it does not match. If you are on closed custody you don’t have a chance of getting any legal work done here.

11-10-20 I guess this is a normal morning here. In the local A yard crazy ward we were locked down because one of them decided to run around naked. That caused a stir. Then the DOCs idea of painting the interior of the cells cracked me up. An army of inmates came in with their brushes to paint. I thought, oh good to cover up the yellowing 1972 coat of sludge. Heh heh. The gal came in with her roller and spread a 3X7 square of white paint above each bunk. And left! I am looking at yellow walls with two bright patches of white. Martha Stewart would have a heart attack. Can’t wait to see what the afternoon brings…..

Our new resident of Lumley is very prolific with her stories. Gee what a fight fest on this unit! Most of the attacks are from the SMI people (Severely Mentally Ill), and this unit has more than their share.

From what I understand, there are three places here where they stash the mentally ill. The DOCs mental hospital called Flamingo was transferred from Phoenix to Lumley and located next to medical. Then there are the closed custody inmates, who I can tell you from experience, are nuttier than fruitcakes, on B-yard. And there is more….a special little cage for the crazies on A yard wing 1. These look like the walking dead shuffling around. But beware, they are fast. Yesterday, a female COIII was attacked opening a door, and several inmates were pepper-sprayed. The day before the crazies jumped another officer who ended up with face lacerations.

The long time residents here tell me that this is nothing unusual and it happens every day(!?) Well, I’ve been on 4 units and NOTHING like that happens every day. This place is out of control. I feel like a reporter in a war zone.