by Editor | Sep 23, 2020 | front page, Health
We have unfortunately learned of another suicide on Santa Cruz yesterday. Visits are the life blood of every inmate, and being cut off from the warm embrace of family is heartbreaking. The DOC resists every effort by mental health professionals to install more therapy...
by Editor | Sep 21, 2020 | COVID-19, front page
Dateline San Carlos: We have had numerous reports of restrictions on soap and toilet paper again. If you recall, there was a big stink several weeks ago that inmates’ rooms were being searched because they asked for these supplies. The audacity of them to ask...
by Editor | Sep 10, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Inmate Stories
We interviewed a young lady who was recently released. “I was on San Carlos the first week of July when I started to feel really sick. I put in an HNR, and the nurse temped me at 101.8 with shortness of breath. They sent me back to my Bay! That night I received...
by Editor | Sep 4, 2020 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
Letter from a patient. “I have been waiting for a hysterectomy for 3 years in Perryville. I have endured almost continual bleeding for that long. The DOC’s for-profit health insurance will try anything to get out of paying for that surgery. At first, they...
by Editor | Aug 29, 2020 | COVID-19, front page
We realize most of you didn’t have a clear picture of what was happening in Perryville from August 12th to the 27th. After the COVID mass testing, women were separated into 2 groups—the ones who tested positive were immediately taken to a separate place...
