by Editor | Jan 2, 2020 | Infrastructure
We have received numerous complaints from families whose loved ones in the R&A division of Santa Maria are living in squalor on cement floors and locked in bathrooms. The “lucky” ones get an inflatable “boat” to sleep in to keep them off...
by Editor | Dec 30, 2019 | Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
Update 1/6/2020: Due to media pressure the DOC has given the ladies toilet paper and feminine hygiene products. Back to normal Update as of 12/30/19: Sign posted on the office NO TP NO TAMPONSNO PADS Women report that when they are given a roll of toilet paper, the...
by Editor | Dec 26, 2019 | Infrastructure
Reported from staff members and inmate families: Deputy Warden Pitz sent back cases of toilet paper meant for 384 woman inmates. They have been without toilet paper for weeks. When a new shipment comes in D.W. Pitz will only allow one roll per week for these...
by Editor | Dec 4, 2019 | Censorship
On November 13, 2019, Lauren Castle wrote this article for the Arizona Republic” “Arizona prisons are over-censoring inmates’ reading materials, judge rules Mail clerks in Arizona prisons violated the rights of inmates by blocking access to what they...
by Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Health, Infrastructure
Dateline Santa Maria: On October 22, 2019, between the hours of 9:30 and noon women residents on “B” yard, cells in block #2 (2105 to 21-12 and 22-10 to 22-12) were subjected to Natural Sealant 104 fumes. As workers were applying a roof coating, women...
