🚨 Incarcerated people in at least three different units at the Eyman prison in Florence, Arizona are reporting the water is out - looks like the whole complex might be affected - I have reached out to @AZCorrections for more information
It's going to be close to 100 degrees tomorrow and Monday in Florence and most of these guys have "swamp coolers" that use water to keep their housing units somewhat tolerable - not to mention that whole needing drinking water to live thing
More: 10 gallons of water for 100 men to drink, bathe and wash clothes
I correspond with this man regularly at Eyman - He says they've been without running water for 12 hours - the prison is bringing in jugs of water but it's not enough for the more than 5,000 people who live there
The Arizona Department Of Corrections' annual budget is $1.3 Billion:
"We are in a struggle to decide whether to use the water we do get for hygiene, food, or drinking"
People at Eyman say they still haven't been given any updates as to why the water is out or when it will be back (Neither have I ) Basic communication from the Department could prevent so much anxiety and unrest amongst our incarcerated population
If this goes anything like previous instances, I'll get an email tomorrow that says:
Jimmy,
For a brief period of time Saturday the water system at Eyman was taken offline for routine maintenance. Inmates had access to clean water and portable toilets and everything is fine now
Still no update from DOC as to what happened but I'm getting reports from prisoners and families that the water is back on this morning - so that was 24 hours without running water for more than 5,000 incarcerated people - this is a regular occurrence in our prisons
Water outage at Eyman confirmed - This is an email from a Deputy Warden to the prisoners: "There was an issue with the well not filling"
Another incarcerated person at Eyman says a Deputy Warden told them there will be no showers or water for swamp coolers until the issue is resolved
Yet another prisoner describes the impacts of the water outage at Eyman:
"It was a free-for-all to get any water from the jug and of course the tough guys had plenty while the rest of us suffered. I managed to get one more cup all day."
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