Stories Direct from The Inmates
Life in PerryvilleLt. ADAMU Makes Elderly Woman in Walker Carry Trays
(Margaret, a 73 year old using a walker, tells her story.) Lt. ADAMU announced to Charley Bay (where 90% of the lay-ins are), that from now on the lay-in people will take their own trays back to the kitchen.
That defeats the purpose don’t you think? Lay-ins are the elderly, disabled, and cancer patients. They get their food delivered because they physically can’t go to the kitchen. But, ADAMU is a bully with a badge, in my opinion. The ladies on Delta told me how he called the women in D1, F**king Bitches” so this didn’t surprise me.
ADAMU said if we didn’t take our trays back he’d take away our lay-ins. I don’t think he can do that, but I wasn’t going to take any chances. I balanced 5 trays on my walker and asked ADAMU, “Do you want me to take these back to the kitchen?”. He said, ” Yes.” I returned for more trays, but could only carry 3 this time. I was outside with lots of witnesses, when I shouted to ADAMU, “You want ME to take these back to the kitchen?” He said, “Yes.” (that’s twice). On my last trip when I saw him, I raised up 2 trays in my hand and asked, “You want me to take these back to the kitchen?” ADAMU shouted his 3rd Yes to me.
As I shuffled along other women tried to take them from me, but I declined saying ADAMU asked ME to take them. Even Officer Alfred stopped me and tried to relieve me of the trays, in fact he just took them. I told Alfred ADAMU asked me to do it, whereupon, he radioed Adamu for confirmation. LT. ADAMU lied and denied he had asked me!!!! He lied. Alfred said, it must have been a misunderstanding. No it wasn’t. He said yes three times in front of witnesses. HE LIED! He made an old woman in a walker carry trays all the way back to the kitchen.”
Asking for Mental Health=Punishment
(Ed. This is the same woman, telling the different mental health care she received in two states, Arizona and California.)
“My name is Evelyn. I’d recently been transferred from CIW in California to Perryville when I found out my father had passed away. I went to medical at the San Carlos unit and told the guard that I felt like hurting myself. At first, he tried to talk me out of it by saying, ” It’s better here than there.” (meaning the Watch building) I insisted, so he handcuffed me and I waited for a van to take me to watch.
Once there, I was stripped naked and given a smock that didn’t close, so I had to clamp my arms together to keep it from falling off. I was given two blankets and a thin mat. I was on constant watch for 3 days, which meant a male guard was staring at me all the time. I did not see a mental health person until the next day, and that was a nurse for 5 minutes.
Recreation was 30 minutes but only at 4:30 am. Water was from a faucet, no cup. Food was sandwiches only 3 X a day. It was freezing in that cell. I didn’t get clothes till the 3d day.
Throughout this ordeal, the only mental health person I saw was 5 minutes per day, no counseling, only one question, “You gonna hurt yourself?”. It took 5 days to get my 1st book and first hot meal. After more than a week of torture, I was back at my Bay without ever having counseling or offered medication. I finally saw a psychologist who could prescribe 2 weeks after my initial cry for help.”
That was my experience with Perryville’s mental health system.
This is what happened in California when I asked for help. I was never handcuffed. I received a smock with Velcro fasteners. A Registered Nurse saw me immediately as I walked into the cell. No male guard gawking at me, only cameras operated by the same gender. Three hot meals a day, paper cup and spoon. Recreation twice a day, and allowed to socialize with others. Got my clothes back on the 2nd day. Access to the library at all times. The max stay is 5 days. I had constant counseling with a medical professional, and a psychologist was on site at all times.”
Pregnant Women Starved and Neglected in Perryville!
(Editorial note: To the Pro-Life Republicans in this (still) red state. If you really value the unborn and support young mothers, then why do you let incarcerated women be hungry, and neglect their medical needs? These are three women telling the same story.)
“I’m hungry all the time, but especially on the weekends when we only get two meals…breakfast at 7 am and dinner at 6 pm. Dinner takes even longer to get a meal because diets eat last, so I have to wait till after 7 pm. Pregnant people are supposed to get 3 extra milks, one peanut butter sandwich, and a small egg or chicken salad per day, IN ADDITION to a regular meal. It never works out that way. The white shirts and kitchen officers are mean to us. Sometimes we don’t get the egg salad, and if we complain they say, ” I’ll give it to you this time but if you bother me again I’ll write you up.” Or for breakfast, we don’t get our extra milk and they say, “You got one, go away.” Consistently, one or more of our ‘extra’ food is missing.
If we have to go to a mandatory program and miss more than 5 meals in a week, they cut us out of our pregnancy food entirely! If it wasn’t for the kindness of strangers…my fellow inmates, we’d starve. As it is, my belly feels empty all the time.
I’ve never been to prison before and had no idea the meals were so skimpy. For a typical breakfast tray during the week, all I get is 5 potato pieces, a handful of cereal, and milk. What comes out of that kitchen is disgusting.”
(Ed. None of these 3 ladies has received an ultrasound, prenatal vitamins, or seen the OB/Gyn, and they’ve been here approximately two months. One of the girls is especially worried because she has a heart condition that makes her a high-risk pregnancy, and another is stressed about being given a drug called Suboxone, which might lead to serious birth defects.)
Carlos Medical Gives NO Pain Meds to Cancer Patient!
(She wrote us this letter and begged to have her real name in the story. Ed.) "My name is Robin Leigh Kulp. I am housed at Perryville prison, San Carlos unit. On 3-25-24 I was having trouble breathing, and having serious chest pain. My legs were throbbing, aching, and...
Why Women DON’T Ask For Mental Health Care
(A rebuttal to Director Thornell's out-of-touch letter to the inmate population. A first-hand recent account.) "My dad had just died and I felt like joining him. I went to medical and informed the guard that I felt like hurting myself. At first, he tried to talk me...
Terminal Cancer Patient, Formerly in Hospice, “in Agony” at Perryville’s San Carlos
(Ed. note: We have seen the patient's original X-ray report and copy of the letter she sent to the Prison Law Office, and of course, we did a one-on-one interview. This article starts with an overview of her situation taken from the letter to Prison Law.) "My name is...
DOC’s Latest Money Making Scheme Revealed!
(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 have...
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...
WOMAN WITH ONE LUNG MADE TO BREATHE 2nd HAND SMOKE FOR TWO YEARS!!!!!
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...
PREGNANCY FROM HELL/Perryville Style
(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, I've never been in trouble...
Inmate Sucked into MRI Machine!
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 hospital...
Unsafe At Any Speed: DOC Transporting Patients Without Safety Restraints
(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 regular basis, but...
When CO LUCID Is Bay Officer Women Must DEHYDRATE Themselves So They Don’t Get A Ticket!
We have an eyewitness on A bay in San Carlos that has made records of CO Lucid's denial of bathroom breaks during count. Here they are: 6-29 11:43 to ? no announcement of count cleared at 12:11pm 7-12 10:40 to 11:53 7-24 10:45 to Noon This officer makes the elderly...
Provider Malcolm to Patient: “You’re a junkie and drug addict, that’s where all your problems are.”
(As we always say....this individual has her 1st Amendment right to free speech. There were no other witnesses to this medical appointment-Ed.) "I had 2 strokes in county jail prior to Perryville. After the 2nd stroke, I started to have seizures. I had two seizures in...
Patient Finds Erroneous Information In Her Medical File
We get many reports of people in Perryville that find wrong records in their files. This particular patient was undergoing an endoscopy when the doctor asked about her liver transplant. "Liver transplant?!" she exclaimed. She had never even come close to having one....
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