April 30, 2020: The Governor does not want to ask the incarcerated people about the conditions

The Governor does not want to ask the incarcerated people about the conditions inside the prisons, so I will address some of the statements made today by the director of ODRC. "Head to foot" "Cohort separations" A couple of months ago we were told to sleep head to toe in the dorms to prevent each other from spreading the virus. This may be confusing if you are not familiar with the set up of a prison dormitory. I will attempt to describe the setting. A dorm can have up to 200 beds.70% of the beds are double bunks and separated only by an arms reach. Most of us have two people sleeping on each side of our bunk and one across in a single bed. There are always seven people within touching distance. The idea of sleeping head to toe in order to stop the spread is laughable. "Cohort Separation" is also ridiculous. The dorms in Marion's camp for level one offenders are side by side only being separated by a lobby that is used by everyone. The lobby is where we use the phone and the kiosk to operate JPay. We also only have one shower area for all 400 inmates. There is no such thing as separation under these conditions. The only solution is de-carceration. "Heroes in gray" "Nurses choosing to be here and caring for us like people outside of prison" "temperature and vital checks" I'm thankful for there being nurses and correctional officers available, however we don't usually call the person who lights a fire and then tries to put it out a hero, we usually call them responsible. The blame is ultimately on the virus. But having the audacity to call people who are getting paid to be here and doing the least for us heroes, is a slap in the face. It was the staff at Marion Correctional inst. who had first contact with the virus and brought in here. I've seen a nurse come here once a morning for two weeks and check every inmates temperature in a matter of minutes. I witnessed one nurse take a thermometer that was used to check 200 inmates temperature and place it under someone's arm pit then go to the next person (change the sleeve of course) and stick it in their mouth. We were threatened. "If you do not let the nurse take your temperature (with a thermometer with a possible contagion on it) you will be handcuffed and taken to segregation, aka "the hole" ". Vital checks were mentioned as well. That just started today 04-30-20, and the last time I seen a nurse present before today was for covid testing three weeks ago. In that time I have witnessed men who are strong and vibrant look like they were near death. They were unable to walk or feed themselves. It wasn't a nurse or a "hero in gray" I saw help them back and forth to the restroom and shower. I didn't see them making tea and meals and feeding the sick who couldn't feed themselves. I seen heroes in tan and blue doing that work. The nurses did what they always do before corona struck us. They said "he is not sick enough". How sick do we have to be I asked. " We are looking for a temperature of 104 to 126. In the past I have seen men inside die due to this kind of neglect from staff.RIP James Ramsey. "teams of incarcerated adults to clean all day" What teams? A week ago I went to the sergeant and asked him for bleach, gloves and other cleaning supply so I could put a team together and keep the units clean. He told me he didn't know where to get any cleaning supply. Last week we ran out of cleaning materials meant to be used by the porters, which is not the good stuff I was asking for from the sergeant. I only asked him because I know that he knew where to get it from, because when they force us to clean, they have no problems finding bleach. "brunch/ breakfast and more calories" We get one hot meal and one bag lunch a day.The meals and bags are given to us in between 9:30 am and 11am most days. The latest we had to wait to eat is 1:30pm. The hot meals are rarely what you would consider breakfast and lunch. Most of the time it is just lunch. The major problem with the food is the bags. For the entire month of April we have been given bologna, cookies, salty lays chips, and rotten bananas. The "extra calories" are health hazards full of sodium. "early release 1300 out of 48000" Most of the people being released are inmates who were already getting out without the virus being an issue. Thirty people who's test came back negative were removed from the dorm, not released and then their beds were refilled with people who tested positive. The prisons are still overcrowded. Thank you to all the people who want to hear, and speak the truth and do something about it. Stay connected SAME GOD DIFFERENT DAY