by Editor | Jun 23, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Health
Director Shinn announced all inmates would be tested. Now, WHICH test remains to be seen. (In other words the DOC doesn’t know yet). Antibody or swab? When will the inmates be tested? Guess? Right, they don’t know. The staff will be tested first, and by...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Infrastructure
We got a call from people that repair roofs on Perryville. They report that there is a military tent on San Pedro that wasn’t there last week. This large tent is supposedly equipped with 2 swamp coolers, and showers are detached, but separate from the main...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Editorial, front page
This is the opinion of the editor, and no one else on staff. “I have witnessed untold amounts of cruelty and abuse, of Correctional Officers, toward inmates in 11 years spent in Perryville. There was the murder (my opinion) of a woman named Marsha, who was left...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Inmate Stories
So many of the stories of front line workers are written in media, but few would know that inmates were also instrumental in fighting this disease. There are 36 women in the garment factory at Perryville. Beginning on March 31st, these ladies started working 12-15...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Infrastructure
Director Shinn has banned the use of clippers for haircuts in all AZ prisons. You are welcome to buy your own “beard trimmers” for 20 bucks, however. (Does he have stock in Keefe?). Few inmates will be able to afford them on their 15¢ per hour pay. One Lt....