by Editor | Oct 31, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
(Letter received from minimum resident) “I am currently enrolled in Mandatory. (Ed. note: Until recently, mandatory was a 8th grade equivalency test all inmates are required to pass. Not passing this test affects everything in their life during incarceration.) I...
by Editor | Oct 16, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
We’ve been writing about the for-profit healthcare vendors destroying inmates’ credit scores since our inception. Instead of getting better, it gets worse. Here’s our latest example….. Ms. M. In 2021 she was sent by ambulance to Abrazo West...
by Editor | Oct 13, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
The DOC and San Carlos administration has come to an all-time low. This sweet, shy, lady who lost a lung in a traffic accident, has been condemned to breathe toxic fumes from the smoking bathroom. Her cube is only a few feet from A bays designated smoking bathroom. (A...
by Editor | Sep 7, 2023 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
(Whew. I just finished a 2-hour interview with this new mom….and I’m exhausted. I’m forwarding this to the media, Judge Silver, Director Thornell, and Governor Hobbs.). Ms. Thomas in her own words. “I’ve never been in prison before,...
by Editor | Aug 22, 2023 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
We just had a lengthy interview with this 37-year-old young lady. Here is what she told us. “I was going to have an MRI on my breasts at the hospital. As usual, I was chained head to foot, and accompanied by 2 guards. The MRI technician was not there, but the...
by Editor | Aug 2, 2023 | front page, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
(This recent story was told by the woman transported in the wheelchair compartment of the ADA van.) “I’m the lady with the broken femur that posted my story earlier in the month. I’m supposed to be getting PT for my leg that was snapped in two, on a...