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.
What Perryville Has in Common with Florida Condo Disaster
Thanks to all the structural engineers on CNN, we now know what to call the crumbling concrete in Peaville….. spalling. Spalling starts when the concrete is exposed to wet conditions repeatedly, and the rebar that gives the concrete stability rusts. The rust causes the concrete around the rebar to crumble and fall off. This creates weakened support structures and the building collapses.
Perryville is famous for its poor drainage. After a mild rain, the drains don’t work, and design flaws in engineering are glaring. The whole damn place is flooded.
Have State structural engineers ever inspected this place since it was built in 1973? We tried to find out…..and hit a concrete wall. If any of our readers know who to call, let us know, in the meantime, we’ll sic the media on them.
10 Ambulances in 24 Hours at Peaville!
We’ve had multiple reports from families and staff, about the brutal heat emergencies in the women’s prison. A staff member at Lumley Unit said three 911 calls were issued in two hours!
A woman allegedly broke her ankle on one of the yards, trying to fix swamp coolers. She couldn’t get down the ladder again, so two fire trucks were called to perform an emergency extraction. Answering the call on that emergency was a 26-year-old guard. After helping with that ordeal, he staggered back to his post and collapsed.
The 3d ambulance was for a young lady on A-yard that went to the hospital.
Remember readers, only three units in Perryville have air conditioning, all the rest have ‘swamp coolers’ which are not designed to work over 104 degrees or humid (monsoon) conditions.
Cruel and unusual punishment indeed!
More Older Women and Longer Sentences – AZDOC winning the wrong competitions
Women in AZ spend far longer in prison than women nationally. These additional months and years are not making Arizona safer. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that longer sentences do not make people less likely to commit a crime in the future. Recidivism is even worse because Arizona does not rehabilitate, it warehouses for profit. Longer sentences mean more money in the pockets of the powerful.
Women older than 55 admitted to Perryville increased 141% in 2020. Much of this accelerated growth among older women can be attributed to incarceration for drug crimes. Old women are far more likely to be sent to prison for drug possession than younger women! With the notoriously horrible health care in prison, this can be a death sentence.
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