It has been very hot outside! When we all go out for yard, we bring our coconut oil and lay out there in the Sun. There is no water, but it really feels like we are at the beach. Even the dogs get a kiddie pool and play in it.
We have gotten quite good at volleyball and pickleball! Yesterday we accidentally hit the volleyball over the fence. We offered to clime the fence to get it, but the officer said no.
The ACLU has offered to help us get better education programs here. We are currently trying to find out what is available in other prisons. We know it is possible to pass the Bar Exam from here and we have several ladies that are up for the challenge!
We are all teaching each other to be better with our makeup. It is one of the only ways we can express ourselves here and we are grateful. Going out to get our meals is the closest we can come to having a fashion show. But it is also the place where we are most watched by the officers, so we have to be careful. It is guerilla fashion show! Do not get the wrong idea though. We are all very beautiful and some of us could be fashion models.
Susan Monica, who we mentioned before, has a segment on the TV show ‘Snapped”. She says 80 percent of that is false and we believe her, given the amount of false convictions that have come through the Oregon Justice System. Her side of the story can be found at https://www.unforbiddentruthpodcast.com/
We have a big infestation of big ants here in one of the units, that they do not take care of. Also, in 100 degree weather they turn off the air conditioning because it is leaking into the walls.
We had another lady slip and fall in her unit. Her knee swelled up. She had slipped on some water on the floor. Another lady got chemical burns on her hands from cleaning out garbage cans. They are supposed to be keeping us safe here, but they do not.