02/21/2023
Here at justice for all we want to highlight how incarcerated people get treated by officers and facilities. Today we want to put the spotlight on the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Especially the Kentucky correctional institution for women. Inmates are living in horrible conditions. Some examples are as follows. Inmates who have constant seizures are not on a bottom floor restriction if they can make it up stairs they are housed there. Inmates who have epilepsy can go into a seizure state at anytime. If they would go into a seizure and tumble down the stairs they are now causing that inmate more medical problems. Also to that note certain medications are not allowed by the facility. That being said they won't allow proper seizure medicine to actually slow down that problem. Imagine going to the doctor and getting prescribed one medication and then the pharmacy saying "we don't allow this medication here but you can have this". This facility is horrible on basic inmates medical care to the point inmates have to beg and plead just to see a doctor. Now we all understand if you break the law there is a consequence for those actions. But even people that make a mistake deserve proper medical care. Another issue we have found is that retaliation does happen in this facility. Inmates who file grievances on officers or policies are normally moved to a segregation unit with no reason and when an inmate asks why they say it for the safety and security of the prison. What that means is internal affairs can come in pick any inmates even if no violations have been committed and take them to the segregation unit for 30 days to investigate. Even worse if they so choose they can put them in segregation as stated and then release them for 1 day then do the same thing all over again. This behavior is unacceptable!! Now to our final issue with the facility. Let's say there inmate phones and messages are down and inmates loved ones are concerned for medical reasons or whatever reason they are worried for. That person's loved one can call to ask if that inmate is ok and alive and the facility will tell them they cannot give information on the inmates even if they are emergency contacts or immediate family. So we are looking for things to get done to change the landscape of this facility even if it's as small as getting proper medical care. If you could help these inmates in Kentucky by taking 5 minutes out of your day and call to express your concerns to facility administrators I'm sure a lot of good people who made a mistake would really appreciate it. Thank You from all of us at justice for all. Have an amazing day!!
