One lady at CCCF was working in the kitchen. She got her foot run over by one of the big carts carrying food. The crutches they gave her to get around were too small for her. They give girls Thorazine here, which is a very powerful drug that most of them don’t need. On top of that it also makes them gain weight, which introduces a host of other problems like diabetes.
The men at CCCF have paint shop, auto shop, and a call center where they can make commissions. They get paid more and they can get actual degrees by education. The women have none of these benefits. The men have actual apprenticeships for electrician. Again, the women do not have these benefits. On the CCCF Facebook page, they have a list of programs and education opportunities that actually are not offered here! The men’s section can hug each other and do not have to tuck in their shirts; the women get punished if they do either of these things. This is discrimination.
Last year, during the fires in the Summer, ladies here got transported to the Deer Ridge facility. It took a couple of hours and the ladies were only allowed to use a hole in the ground as a bathroom. They were not fed for two days. They had to use their sheets as shower curtains. The phones did not work for 3 days and the tablets did not work either.
We are now on our second day of isolation at CCCF and have just been told we will get only two meals a day. We hope we will get enough food.