Month: August 2020

#38: Video Fridays in 60 Seconds — Coronavirus Infects Dorms of Inmates

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Every Video Fridays in 60 Seconds post features an art or craft piece created by an inmate. Today’s image is by inmate Luke Pelham. You can find more of his artwork, and other inmate artwork, at writeaprisoner.com. You can also find a collection of all the art and crafts featured in Video Fridays and throughout this blog by visiting the gallery listed in the menu up top.

Hundreds of inmates here are on quarantine, and nearly 225* have tested positive. There are so many positive cases that the entire gym has been cleared and refitted with beds to house them. To make things worse, no one is telling us anything. So we are all left to wonder and worry. The lack of communication is causing unnecessary suspicion and distrust amongst the guys here, and I’m baffled at it all. If someone would appraise all of us I think there would be understanding and collective action. There’s no containment of the virus, and some of the symptomatic cases have become life threateningly ill. By this time next week we will likely have lost lives here.

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Good one, JPay.

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Hey there everyone, the Administrator here. This is one of those lovely weeks when a regular Monday post written by Christopher has been lost in JPay limbo. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Here’s a blurb from the last note I left here following the same situation:

Christopher sends his blog posts to me via JPay email (this company is mentioned in one of his more recent posts, Captured Clientele), and I then put them up on the page and hit ‘publish’ every Monday. However, though I’ve received word that this week’s post was indeed sent days ago, I have yet to receive it (it was even re-sent, to no avail). This is a frequent issue with JPay email. Days — even weeks – will sometimes pass before an email is delivered. This illustrates well what Christopher speaks of in the above mentioned post regarding the service.

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#37: Video Fridays in 60 Seconds — Coronavirus Is Spreading Quickly Amongst Inmates Here

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Every Video Fridays in 60 Seconds post features an art or craft piece created by an inmate. Today’s image is by inmate James Mata. You can find more of his artwork, and other inmate artwork, at writeaprisoner.com. You can also find a collection of all the art and crafts featured in Video Fridays and throughout this blog by visiting the gallery listed in the menu up top.

 

Two weeks ago I told you about a situation amongst staff that potentially threatened the lives of every inmate here. Since then, more and more staff have come up positive for coronavirus.

Toward the middle of last week we had 3 confirmed inmate cases, all had previously been quarantined as a precaution. More staff continued to test positive.

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