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 do COIII’s do in Perryville?
According to the women….not much. We get a large number of complaints about absent, never-there, clueless, and downright lazy counselors.
For instance, CPS had been trying to contact the mother of a runaway child and was never able to track down the mother’s COIII. The child had run away from a shelter and walked miles to see his mother at Perryville. That poor mom didn’t learn about her son’s tragic journey until weeks later.
Many legal calls are forgotten or mishandled. Depositions are dropped or ‘lost’. The biggest complaint? COIII’s ARE NEVER THERE.
Screwed up Lumley
Reprinted from a recently received letter: “What a %#@ Unit this is. We only get 2 toilet paper rolls per week….what happened to that robust supply that the DOC promised us? They only comply when the ACLU and media make them give us toilet paper.”
“Here’s what they spend their time on. Yesterday, 12 suits (CO IVs, Deputies, ADWs, et al) descended on wing 4, A yard to do 704s?? (704 is code for room inspection). They wouldn’t answer any inmate questions like, why aren’t we getting Covid vaccinations.”
“The suits spent your tax dollars taking cardboard out of the windows, so the residents couldn’t have shade from the sun. WTF? Is this what we pay them to do? Shouldn’t their time be better spent on addressing our suicide rate? Our lack of programs? The dismal crumbling infrastructure? Nope. They just add to the despair.”
Tidbit from Lumley
Our intrepid reporter from there, has this to say. “I’ve been on 4 units in Perryville, and have never seen such lack of dissemination of information. On every other Unit they take notes of the Townhall meeting, type it up, and post on a bulletin board for everyone to see. I’ve asked others who have been on Lumley a long time, and they say its always been that way. It should stop being that way. Let all the inmates know what’s going on where they live.”
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