Comments on: “Lockdown”

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By: Danigran

Danigran — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:11:42 +0000

Received a letter from Mark, he said one day they received a peanut butter sandwich (one spot of peanut butter) and 2 extremely HARD potatoes. Rock hard. Not even fit for consumption.
During lockdown there is hardly any movement, showers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Normally during lockdown they are able to have visits which, if the inmate is lucky, the visitor will buy food from the machines. Now, visitation is off so they are not able to have that luxury.
No commissary is allowed during lockdown. Polunsky has been under lockdown since October 13, 2008 and the last time Mark went to store was October 7, 2008. Everyone is out of food right now, not to mention other items like stamps and hygene products.
I saw Mark on October 17th, bought him some cold soda’s at which time he said that would be the last time he had something cold until lockdown was over or I came to visit again. Which neither has happened.
There is nothing coming in nor out of the prison as far as food is concerned because of the lockdown status so how long will the current food last? I imagine there is not enough storage to hold that much in reserve and with the amount of inmates on death row and general population combined there is probably slim pickens right now.
A friend of mine received a letter from a guy who has been without a mattress since the beginning of last week. Grant it the mattresses are not good to begin with but when you have nothing that seems rather harsh.
Another friend received a letter today and the guys have not received blankets yet. I know this is Texas but I live here too. Last night where I live was in the upper 30’s and Livingston is further north so I can just imagine how cold they were! I mean think about it, concrete walls, no heat and no blanket!
When you put this all together, grown men who are hungry and not being fed a proper diet, combined with being cold, no visitations, no recreation, no commissary, barely any showers. Nothing! How long will this last? Another example of cruel and unusual punishment!
I mad as hell and worried so please excuse the misspellings!

By: Affs

Affs — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:47:14 +0000

Me again. Reading this story has been playing on my mind so I decided alongside the nurses comments to seek a 2nd and 3rd opinion. One from a Doctor and the other a nurse. They both agreed that weight loss was the primary health factor alongside constipation, digestion problems and dehydration. Lack of sunlight would also mean low vitamin D. One commented ‘It is not ideal but they would be ok’
‘Ok’ is not good enough, it seems to me that the unit are able to keep within regulations but only just.

By: Affs

Affs — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:09:29 +0000

It isn’t right that inmates are being fed on such a poor diet. Even if they do receive fruit as the nurse claims, it hardly goes toward the recommended 5 portions a day of fruit and vegetables. I think the health implications would amount to far worse than just weight loss as they are not receiving the necessary proteins, nutrients and vitamins. I cannot imagine it is enough to fill the appetites of grown men either and surely this can create further problems when you have individuals who are being locked up the entire day deprived of excercise, sunlight and adequate food.
Having visited the unit myself, I know for a fact that visitations are the only real times inmates receive salads, sweet snacks and chilled drinks which their friends and family purchase for them. The rest of the time they are generally fed noodles and other foods containing plenty of carbs which may bulk them up and make them look healthy but may not necessarily be so.
On the complete opposite side of the spectrum, prisoners over here in England are given menus and all dietary needs and wants are catered for. This doesnt mean to say that I agree with this either (aside from dietary needs) and I think a medium between the two needs to be found.
The prisoners in general population (in TX) do labor around the grounds, why can this not be stretched to growing fruit and vegetables on site and therefore having a cheaper way of providing healthier food to inmates?