by Editor | Jan 20, 2020 | Infrastructure
DO905 section 4.0, effective Dec. 2, 2019: To be “indigent” an inmate needs to have less than $8.00 on their account. (It used to be $12.) “All indigent inmates charged for indigent supplies. The charges will remain a debt on their account until paid...
by Editor | Jan 7, 2020 | front page, Infrastructure
We received a letter from two inmates who saw and spoke to Sgt. deLeon on 12-24-19. The Sgt was inspecting the old shack that held the bathroom facilities for the tents erected on the Santa Maria unit around 2002-2005. When the two women asked if tent city was coming...
by Editor | Jan 2, 2020 | front page, 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 | front page, 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 | front page, 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 | Nov 19, 2019 | front page, 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...
