Infrastructure Nightmares
Introduction to this Topic by the Editor
I need to give you a little background on Perryville so this will be more understandable. This prison was built in the early
Explaining the Shower Picture
This is an accurate sketch of a real shower in “B” yard, Santa Cruz unit. Do you see the loose wires hanging in the lower door jamb? I was told they were “live” because this shower light is still on. I won’t test this theory! I’ve tried to portray all the standing water in front of those wires. All the shower units have standing water because the drains are all plugged.
Standing water = black mold we see everywhere
When inmates complained about the condition of this shower, they just took off the door and left it open. In the shower next to this one (not pictured) is the same filth.
The regulators (hot and cold) will not engage so moving the handle from Hot to Cold does nothing. The temperature the DOC sets is what you get. In the winter the water is cold and in the summer, it’s hot. The water pressure would increase dramatically if they would soak the shower heads in Lime-aWay to remove 50 years of accumulated minerals.
Another Inmate FICO Goes Down In Flames!
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 Valley Hospital for cardiovascular problems. After several months she received a bill for $2,715.70 with a note, “unpaid amount after insurer denied”. The insurer was Centurion, the agent the DOC contracted with to give its citizens subpar health care.
Two years and seven grievances later, Ms. M is no closer to resolving this issue that has eroded and destroyed her credit. Is this the REENTRY help the DOC has in its name? She is about to be released, how will she get shelter with a credit score like that?
Ms. M is a ward of the state and is not responsible for her medical bills. No COIII could be bothered calling the collection agencies to explain she is incarcerated. This was the last entry from her appeal from the top gun at medical: ” The previous medical vendor was Centurion. We transitioned to Naphcare 2022 and we don’t have access to their claim system to resolve. The DON wanted you to know the process should you want to advocate for yourself. Decision Resolved.” Who is DON?? It sounds like the Mafia.
This woman got absolutely NO HELP FROM THE DOC. As usual.
Overcrowding In Perryville Causing Mental Health Crisis
Overcrowding is not the only reason for the mental health disaster that affects the ladies here, but it’s a big contributor. The crowding is most felt in the dorm-style units, as there is absolutely NO PRIVACY. The lights burn all day and night….imagine trying to sleep with the lights on. It never gets dark. And it’s never quiet. Ever. At least in 2 man cells, there’s only one other person to contend with….dorm style 150 persons.
At night, you can hear the sobbing and crying. The SMI’s wander around aimlessly all night. The druggies retire to the shower and bathroom areas to get high. The ones on MAT are puking their guts up, or senseless on their beds.
What a way to rehabilitate.
Guard Recounts Sad MAT Story
We have reported on this misguided MAT program, that turns clean and sober women into opioid addicts again….FOR MONETARY GAIN. Research revealed the culprit is the Republican-led legislature. Of course.
We were fortunate enough to interview two women recently transferred from the California prison. Their MAT program is quite different and sane. Only inmates that are currently on opioids when they come into intake (R and A), are put on the program to gradually wean them off the drug.
Officer S. tells his brief story: ” Inmate G. had been clean for 7 years here in Perryville. Then she got into the MAT program 3 months prior to going home. She realized her error soon, but they wouldn’t drop her from the program. When her release date arrived she begged her COIII (the officer won’t reveal which one) to let her “burn her number” (stay in prison until off paper) because she knew she was addicted again. He refused and sent her to the gate. Here’s the sad part. She immediately got high because the MAT program released her with no continuing medication or a way to get any.
Now she reoffended and is serving more time because the state of Arizona is money hungry.”
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