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.
Coming Attractions
(My webmaster was on a well-deserved holiday. Now that she is back the Editor can announce this website’s next big story. We are covering the ELDERLY in prison. I’m going to call it “The cAGEing of Women in Perryville”. This is a sneak peak of two stories that will be featured.)
MJ reported numbness and tingling in both hands, feet, and abdomen. She was struggling to even write. After a very long time MJ finally got an off site appointment for an MRI. The cervical MRI found a lesion on her spinal cord suggestive of neoplastic etiology. On July 17, 2022 the Provider requested a neurological consult . This consult was not scheduled until a month later. Eventually, on September 1, 2022, a consult was scheduled for Barrow on February 14, 2023, seven months after the first request. This appointment never occurred because Barrow left a message that it would not take Naphcare as insurance provider. Trying to find another facility to take an inmate was problematic. At last, Western Neuro in Tucson agreed to take her as a patient. Western Neuro received a message from Naphcare that the status on this patient was ” Corporate MD pending “, meaning Naphcare had not authorized the payment. So MJ continues to deteriorate, requiring a wheelchair, she can’t stand and is incontinent.
MM has metastatic breast cancer that includes lymph nodes and her left leg. Before her MRI diagnosis of cancer, she struggled to get the San Carlos medical department to listen to her symptoms. After repeated ICS’s (emergency), the nurses told her to ” knock it off or she would get a ticket”. This woman could not walk and she was in constant, severe pain. The Provider Johnson diagnosed her with arthritis and gave her muscle rub for pain. He denied her a lay in for meals, no wheelchair, or pain meds. Eventually, she was granted an off site appointment which was cancelled. The 2nd appointment she had to borrow someone else’s wheelchair to make it to the V-gate. Even after her MRI diagnosis of cancer on 3-9-23, which was labeled SERIOUS and EMERGENCY, she has had zero care for cancer.
Chaos on Carlos!
(Composite of messages from San Carlos residents)
DW Johnson is allegedly responsible for grave unrest on her Unit.
There was reportedly a fight on Sunday, which led to a 72-hour lockdown. No smoking was the edict so the smokers tried to sneak it which led to an extended lockdown. K-9 guards went into A bay at 7:15 am 4-18, telling residents to leave immediately…. no going to the bathroom allowed. With C, D, and B bays locked down, only A bay inmates were stuck out in the sun for an hour and 20 minutes. No water and only one bathroom break in Visitation was announced this entire time….one inmate at a time with a looong line.
Keep in mind lockdowns mean no phone calls home. No exercise. No groceries. No ice call. No property. And for the smokers…nicotine fits.
With phone calls restricted, it will be harder to report news from the front. Stay tuned.
Guards Too Scared To Break Up Fight? How Safe Are Inmates??
(email from eyewitness. We’re not publishing the guard’s names but we have them.)
“On 4-16-23, there was a fight in ” A” Bay. It was the worst one I’d ever seen in my 14 years in Perryville. It had been going on for about 10 minutes without drawing any attention of the staff. Other inmates tried to break up the fight, but the two combatants were glued together like pitbulls.
When screaming occurred, the female guard, at last, arrived on the scene. Her hands were fluttering, but she made no attempt to break them up. She was frightened for her own safety. At last, she got on her radio for backup, meanwhile, the two fighters are crashing into living areas and knocking stuff over, threatening bystanders. One gal hit her head badly, it looked like bodily fluids on the floor.
After what seemed like an eternity, the cavalry arrived in the form of 5 guards. It seemed even the male officers had trouble with the simple task of stopping a girl fight. As confusion reigned, a lot of the perps from other bays escaped. Actually, this was fight #2, fight #1 had already stopped.
Eventually, the cops managed to cuff two individuals and take them away. The feeling I was left with was my vulnerability in this prison.
The guards are supposed to protect ME. If the DOC can’t hire staff that can protect and serve, THEN GET RID OF THEM!”
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