by Assist. Editor | Aug 9, 2024 | front page, Infrastructure
Ever so slightly, and slowly, at a snail’s pace, does the DOC change for the better. We had to double-check this story to make sure it was true. Some enlightened individual started a Perryville Focus Group to “drive positive change, discuss ideas to...
by Editor | Aug 9, 2024 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
The ACLU always gets its ducks in a row before going to court. In the long-running Jensen v Thornell lawsuit this is especially important. Judge Silver announced she would render a major decision in the case toward the end of August. Lawyers for the ACLU will be...
by Assist. Editor | Aug 1, 2024 | front page, Infrastructure
Our whole staff is about to get out of Arizona for a summer vacation, but we need to file this story first. Last year Channel 12 shook Thornell awake and made him realize, a) His officers lie about the cell temperature numbers, b) It gets up to 109 in those concrete...
by Editor | Jul 12, 2024 | Food, front page, Infrastructure
After more than a decade of making residents sick and their wallets lighter, Trinity/Keefe has finally been given the heave-ho by ADCRR. If you look through the archived articles we’ve written about rats and rotten food directly attributed to Trinity,...
by Editor | Jun 25, 2024 | front page, Infrastructure
We apologize and must correct the week of 6-13 story that Cruz had full a/c on A, B, and C yards. It seems our usual “reliable” staff person had not told the whole story. Fortunately, the gals on Cruz wrote in and let us know that was erroneous. T here are...
by Editor | Jun 19, 2024 | front page, Infrastructure
Hot off the press. Draft budget shows DOC getting an additional $40.7 million to finish off the fiscal year, and $55 million over the next 2 years for INMATE HEALTH. Well, it’s about time.
