by Editor | Jul 22, 2019 | Art, Health
So, you think you have a long wait at the doctor’s office?
by Editor | Jul 13, 2019 | Infrastructure, News
On the same day in early June as Director Ryan came to visit Santa Cruz, Warden Dorsey demanded the Porta-cooler be unplugged and given to staff. That left patients at the Cruz clinic to endure 100-degree heat without any cooling. This Porta-cooler was put there as...
by Editor | Jul 12, 2019 | Smoking
A woman about 70-years old wrote to this website to describe her struggle against second-hand smoke at Perryville. “In 2017 I submitted a grievance against staff smoking out-of-area and in the non-smoking sections of Santa Maria. I had a list of 15 names of...
by Editor | Jul 11, 2019 | Health
I.P.C. (Inmate Patient Care) is the 18-bed infirmary located on Lumley unit. This is how a 65 year-old stroke victim described her 2-week stay there. “I had a stroke in March 2019. When you come to I.P.C. from the hospital, the guards don’t let you have...
by Editor | Jul 10, 2019 | Inmate Stories
Dateline 6-27-19 – Five women on Santa Maria yard crew were forced to repair a broken water main by digging a 4-foot hole in the packed dirt. Office Stratling, the supervisor, refused to let them wear gloves, even though the gloves were available. He told the...
