(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 from Covid. I arrived with only the clothes on my back.
In the 15 days I was in quarantine, I never received my property. The only bedding was one blanket, no sheets or pillow. I begged for toilet paper and got one roll 48 hours after I arrived. An officer told me State Issue was short on clothes, so I only got one T-shirt, one pair of shorts, and one towel….no underwear!
Requests for a mental health professional, pain meds, or a supervisor, were all denied. I was locked down 24/7 except for an occasional 15-minute shower.
The worst thing was not being able to tell my family where I was, as I had no email or phone access.”
(We have heard variations on this theme for 2 years, although it actually seems to be getting worse. The women will suffer through Covid in their own cells rather than face the horrors of quarantine. Unfortunately, this means the virus will spread faster through Perryville. But can we really blame them? Who wants to be sick AND be in a living hell at the same time?-Ed.)