by Editor | Sep 27, 2019 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
Dateline Santa Maria: This is L.B.’s story, corroborated by her daughter. “I am a 50-year-old woman with a history of hypertension. In the last 2 years at Santa Maria, I have struggled with Medical to get my blood pressure under control. My everyday range,...
by Editor | Sep 24, 2019 | front page, Inmate Stories
Up until recently, an inmate could buy a lightbulb for $0.78. Then came the outrageous $2.00 lightbulb. But Keefe/Trinity, not done bilking the inmates out of ther hard-won dime, jacked up the price to $7.00!! I’ve heard of $2,000 toilet seats purchased by the...
by Admin | Sep 23, 2019 | front page, Inmate Stories
Dateline San Carlos: A recent search on San Carlos had the addition of black-clothed commandos called the dreaded men in black. These squads made up of all men over 6-feet tall, were created to quell riots and suppress inmate unrest, or to deal with hostage...
by Admin | Sep 18, 2019 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories, Smoking
Dateline Lumley Unit: Numerous women wrote in with very similar stories about Lumley’s lawless behavior. Residents complain about out-of-control smoking; in line to the store, to the chow hall, in the chow hall, on the runs, in the rooms – everywhere! They...
by Editor | Aug 16, 2019 | front page, Inmate Stories
8-7-19 3:34 PM Townhall Meeting Dateline Santa Maria: from a 70-year-old woman. “I told D.W. Compton that the elderly have special needs, as we cannot dissipate heat from our body. plus we take medications that make us even more susceptible to heat stroke. I...
by Editor | Aug 14, 2019 | front page, Inmate Stories
There are many stories on this website that are tragic but true. I want to submit a good story for a change. This is a conversation I recently had with my CO-III about the future of incarceration. He told me that he got into corrections “to make a positive...
