by Editor | Jan 14, 2022 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
We received so many emails and letters from Lumley Unit, we’re going to split it up into short, individual, stories. #1. “I thought this new dude, Deputy Warden Bendel, would make his draconian rules temporary. Rules like being escorted everywhere by a...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2021 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
(For gavel to gavel coverage, see Jimmy Jenkins reporting for the Arizona Republic.) Psychologists, wardens, medical workers, and the prisoners themselves, testified for a month in this health care trial. On the last day of the trial, the court heard from...
by Admin | Nov 15, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
300 women ask to leave Lumley: Like lemmings to the sea, these gals fought to get out of Lumley. The opportunity arose when the COIV asked for volunteers to transfer to another Unit, like Santa Cruz. This COIV was inundated and overwhelmed with requests! This should...
by Editor | Nov 15, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
(This story by Jimmy Jenkins in conjunction with The Marshall Project. Get updates on the trial through The Marshall Project on Facebook or Twitter) This trial pits Arizona DOC against its prisoners, who argue that the medical services they receive are so poor, they...
by Admin | Nov 15, 2021 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
An RN source alerted us to this story. According to her, this serious bacterial disease is prevalent in prisons….at least AZ prisons. This virulent strain of bacteria is, according to the Merck manual, is the cause of gastritis and ulcers. Long-term infection...
by Editor | Oct 16, 2021 | front page, Infrastructure
We have a report that Complex kitchen failed every test administered by the department. What horrified them the most was the rat infestation and their excrement in the inmate’s food. According to the inmate workers, that had been happening for years, but Trinity...
