There is a general disregard for prisoners property, not only at CCCF but also at the men’s prisons as well. We have reports of people’s TVs being broken during cell searches. Why is there a need to be so violent. One man at a men’s prison had them refuse a tort claim after his TV was broken by an officer. We have a lady at CCCF that is getting her TV fixed without a tort claim. The bottom line is they need to start being more respectful of our property. One lady who got arrested in Washington State had her vehicle taken away from her without a warrant. She wrote to them about replacing it and they never responded.
We can’t confirm from here, but we heard that Oregon Bill 112 has been passed, which will hopefully do away with slave labor wages in prisons. When we are only making a dollar a day a $190 TV seems like a fortune. But when an officer breaks it during a cell search it definitely seems like unnecessary violence and disregard for our property. We think there should be more accountability.