TagMedically At-Risk Prisoners

October 30, 2020

jail lying about amount of testing and not testing correctly leading to inaccurate results; only in compliance during inspections; retaliating against whistle-blowers

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Stephanie (Jamee) Navarro (HU24E)

30October

The most important thing is for them to know is that the jail is lying to people about how much they are testing. They are not offering the test to everyone. Since March 2020 they have not offered the test to every inmate, so not every inmate has been tested. They are not getting accurate results. They are not doing the procedures the right way.

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August 12, 2020

prisoner experiencing severe medical neglect and abuse

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Philllip Gipson (HU1)

12August

Since I’ve been here the deputies have beaten me and treated me inhumanely. I’ve been pushed out of my wheelchair and have the bruises to prove it.

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July 28, 2020

jail lying about conditions and covid-19 cases, dangerous medical neglect, abuse by deputies, disgusting sanitary conditions: “Every human life here is based on a dollar”

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous (HU6)

28July

Every human life here is based on a dollar. It doesn't matter if you're spending money on this GTL network or buying these overpriced canteen items. People are being denied the full medical treatment they need. Please share this information with the news and anyone you can. The jail is providing false information to the media. The more people whose eyes are opened to conditions like this the...

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July 26, 2020

prisoner describes medical neglect and denial of testing for people with covid-19 symptoms, torturous conditions of infirmary and other abuses

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous

26July

Everyone in the hole had COVID-19. We know we did, even though we were all denied tests. They brought someone to the hole one day, and then took him back to his pod later that same day. But having come to that area where everyone else was infected, he was obviously exposed. Two days later, he was returned to the hole, showing symptoms of COVID-19. Who knows who else he may have spread it to.

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May 6, 2020

prisoner with asthma and other health issues denied regular access to inhaler, concerned that shared inhalers could transmit covid-19

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Marla Armstrong (HU24E)

06May

If you have trouble breathing other times, there’s no sick call and there’s no inhaler, and you have to push the button. But the technician who answers the button talks to you in such a way, as to make you feel really bad, so these last few weeks, although I had chest pains, I didn’t push the button.

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May 1, 2020

prisoner denied shower, soap, clean clothes, medical treatment, or any information after testing positive for covid-19

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Saul Espinoza (HU6E —> HU8A —> HU8C)

01May

The jail didn’t tell me anything, but I knew that everyone in C had tested positive for the corona virus. I am essentially in solitary confinement, with nothing for comfort, and no medical treatment. I have had no shower. I have no soap. I have none of my property. I have not been given any clean clothes. I received nothing for my cough. I received nothing for my body pains.

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April 29, 2020

after surviving filthy cell, medical neglect, and no shower for 2 weeks, jail punishes covid-19 positive prisoner with solitary confinement for questioning placement in a non-covid housing unit due to assault threats from other prisoners who fear getting virus

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Ocie Johnson (HU7 —> HU8 —> HU7)

29April

On April 15, 2020, at 9:30am, the doctor came by to tell me that I would be finished quarantining that day. ...Around 11 a.m. or noon, staff let me out to shower, but the showers were still filthy — I considered them unusable. At this point, I had not showered since April 4, 2020. I also still had the same clothes and same underwear I had been wearing for over 10 days.

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April 20, 2020

prisoner with asthma fears contracting covid-19 due to lack of protective precautions by jail

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Lamont Williams

20April

Before going to court, I was placed in a dirty holding cell that was also holding six to seven other people. I believe I should have been held in a cleaner space either in isolation or in a space more conducive to social distancing guidelines.

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April 20, 2020

medically high-risk prisoner placed in holding cell with 6-7 others, no mask or gloves provided

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Lamont Williams (BBM669, HU6D)

Lamont has various health issues that put him at high risk for COVID-19....When he went to court on the 6th of April, he was given no mask or gloves and was in the dirty Santa Rita holding cell with 6 to 7 other people.

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April 13, 2020

infirmary filthy with blood, mucus, and feces; infirmary phones broken resulting in complete isolation

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous

13April

This was Elena’s second total time in the infirmary since arriving at SRJ and she said this time, the conditions were the same as the first: blood on the mattress, mucus on the walls, filthy floor, feces stain on blanket, etc. When she requested a new blanket or mattress, she was denied. The infirmary seemed especially crowded – Elena and Michelle had to share a room in there as well. Elena tried...

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April 13, 2020

hiv-positive prisoner placed with symptomatic prisoners; has to use their own shampoo to clean cells

Formerly Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous

Amanda is HIV positive, and thus was on edge the entire time at SRJ – fearing she would contract COVID-19 due to SRJ’s protocol. When she arrived at HU24, it was already under yellow tagged quarantine. At one point, in her cell, she notes that a woman close to her was coughing hysterically, fueling Amanda’s concerns. When she went to court, staff combined hers and other units. Another inmate...

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April 13, 2020

Symptomatic prisoner experiencing medical neglect and fears for his life

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous

The medical staff has done nothing for him except to keep him locked up in his cell as a "quarantine". Jim said he is afraid he might die. He has asthma, and told me that up until a few days ago the nursing staff was having the men "share" an inhaler.

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April 7, 2020

Prisoner with severe pre-existing lung condition denied testing and medical care: “It’s outrageous the way they’re treating us”

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous

07April

So it’s been a couple people, including myself in my pod, requesting to get tested and they just brush us off. They say oh we’re not testing everybody, you don’t show symptoms. Well I have a lung disease basically and I could die immediately maybe within a week or two of contracting Coronavirus. So if they want me to wait to show symptoms it’s gonna be too late.

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April 6, 2020

prisoner recovering from stage 4 pneumonia experiencing medical neglect and put at risk of exposure to covid-19

Currently Incarcerated at SRJ

Anonymous

06April

I was at the hospital in 2019 and I recovered from stage 4 pneumonia which I’m experiencing side effects from. Heavy breathing, night tremors. I’m getting up in the middle of the night coughing bad, unable to breathe easy. I’ve put in 4 different medical slips in March. Neither of those times where I’ve been seen. I’ve also grieved them 2 times on that matter.

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