by Editor | Jun 7, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
Prisoners are worth a lot of money to companies that make money from punishment. There is a price tag on their heads. Companies like prison telecoms, Securus, IC Solutions food service, Trinity, Keefe. Financial services like Securus and JPay charge outrageous fees...
by Editor | Jun 3, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
The DOC is woefully short-staffed on guards. Many mistakes are made and communication is problematic at best. Every day on every unit in Perryville, they run around like crazy trying to staff the 6 am to 2 pm shift. Many a day, inmates don’t get out at 6 am...
by Editor | Jun 3, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
There are 3 levels of incarnation for the mentally ill. For some unknown reason, the state decided to kick all the women patients out of ‘Flamingo’ (who comes up with these names?), the mental hospital for female inmates in Phoenix. These are the ones that...
by Editor | May 24, 2021 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
(This is a true story by one of our favorite reporters on Lumley—Ed.) “At age 71, I take chest pain seriously. On Monday morning I told the guards I was experiencing severe chest pain. I was transferred to medical via wheelchair immediately. The nurse...
by Editor | May 6, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
I was escorted to Isolation room #1 with contagious Shingles. This is how Peaville organizes it’s hospital center, located on Lumley unit. IPC (Inmate Patient Care, short-term stays), is next to the SNU (Special Needs Unit, long-term care), and the Isolation...
by Editor | May 3, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
The recipient of this letter asked the inmate where infrastructure money should go for this years budget.–Ed. “Sorry I didn’t get back to you in time for your meeting, but our Wi-Fi was down and it just now came back on:Re: Locks. I’ve...
