by Editor | Jan 10, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure
On December 19th there WAS a reduction of overcrowding, noticeable on San Carlos in particular. Now, on January 9th, 2023, all the bunk beds are full as is “the street”. The medical department is a zoo and those ambulances just keep coming. Fights and...
by Editor | Jan 10, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
Go online, or consult the print issue of Prison Legal News, December 2022 edition. This is an excellent summary of the complex problems surrounding Jensen v. Shinn. Will the media onslaught of negative press finally make a dent in this draconian prison system?...
by Editor | Jan 9, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
Two days after Jimmy Jenkin’s article “Prisoners Induced Against Their Will” came out in print, we received a story by a new mother’s travail. We will call her “Cassie”. Cassie came to Perryville about 8 months pregnant. This is a...
by Editor | Jan 8, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
1-4-23 front page above the fold, by Jimmy Jenkins, Arizona Republic newspaper. This excellent, heartbreaking article written by Jimmy, exposes the dark underbelly of DOC cruelty toward women. This blog is proud to have facilitated, in a small way, in bringing this...
by Editor | Dec 21, 2022 | front page, Infrastructure
(Entire credit for this article goes to Jimmy Jenkins, reporter extraordinaire) Inmates inside the AZ prisons are routinely subjected to disease, violence, inhumane conditions, and untimely death. Suicides have reached record highs, and staffing has reached record...
by Editor | Dec 21, 2022 | front page, Infrastructure
With the ACLU breathing down the DOC’s back, inmates have been “expedited” out of prison. Women not even expecting release were told to pack up and go home. This is welcome news to the inmates experiencing serious overcrowding in Perryville.
