by Editor | Jul 1, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Health
Staff sources report at least 4 alleged cases of COVID-19 at Hickman’s Farm. Reports say the Piestawa unit is the “new” quarantine area for the Hickman outbreak. Thay put a barricade between the 2 parts of Pie to section off confirmed cases of COVID,...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Health
Director Shinn announced all inmates would be tested. Now, WHICH test remains to be seen. (In other words the DOC doesn’t know yet). Antibody or swab? When will the inmates be tested? Guess? Right, they don’t know. The staff will be tested first, and by...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Editorial, front page
This is the opinion of the editor, and no one else on staff. “I have witnessed untold amounts of cruelty and abuse, of Correctional Officers, toward inmates in 11 years spent in Perryville. There was the murder (my opinion) of a woman named Marsha, who was left...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Inmate Stories
So many of the stories of front line workers are written in media, but few would know that inmates were also instrumental in fighting this disease. There are 36 women in the garment factory at Perryville. Beginning on March 31st, these ladies started working 12-15...
by Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | front page, Infrastructure
Every unit is talking about the “little black bugs” that plague us this time of year. And every time the so-called pest control person comes to “spray”, the bugs get worse. We feel our tax dollars are wasted again. The bug company gets a lot of...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2020 | COVID-19, front page, Health
After many interviews, we pieced together what is allegedly going on. “A” yard is quarantining 6 COVID patients, and all returning court people, (women that had to make an appearance at court). Those gals are all in wing #1 only. R and A are housed in...
