June 21, 2023

Second day in a row without access to make a call. Dan, my old cellie, and resident of cell 50, says that the guard told him the the supervisor makes them stop the phones during other activities. Because there are a lot of inmates in this unit taking medication we are deprived of phone access. It really is any excuse to deprive us of access. Even if a guy is yelling out of his cell they will "slow down" the phones. Childish bullying and harassment before paperwork. It feels like it makes about as much sense as a driver break checking someone following too close and how it forces everyone to jam the breaks and the freeway gets that hard congestion during rush hour. Like two wrongs have ever made a right. My kids should not be denied my call because the guards just feel like being assholes. Even worse, they finish with passing out medication at 8:15 to 8:35pm. Even though our last standing count is at 9:15pm, or that the lights don't get turned down until 9:00pm. So they are doing "med-pass" about an hour early and putting us to bed so they don't have to do anything for an hour of their shift. I suppose if I complain there will be some sort of retaliation by the supervisor who was all huff n' puff on June 3rd. I could try explaining to my kids that more than one call a month is considered a privilege. It makes no sense to be convicted and punished for crimes I did not commit. It makes no sense to punish my family as well. The justice system just seems like the embodiment of not doing the right thing.