You may remember that I mentioned the Lippett v. Godinez lawsuit where the Illinois Department of Corrections was sued over the conditions of the prison.  The lawsuit also addressed the level of care the Wexford doctors provide to inmates.  I want to read a couple excerpts to you just so you understand why this issue was brought up in court.

I want to encourage everyone to contact your Illinois Assemblymen if you live in Illinois.  If you are listening outside of Illinois, you can contact U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Richard “Dick” Durbin, as well as Representative Darin LaHood.  Ask how these “doctors” are employed when they don’t see patients and the Lippett v. Godinez case proved they aren’t even qualified to do what they are doing.  Remember, tax dollars fund the IDOC budget, so you pay them.  Ask how many inmates are given death sentences because they have to deal with the Wexford doctors.  If your loved one is incarcerated because of some non-violent crime, ask for their release.

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Multiple staff at IDOC told my dad that “all his complaining to the Director about the commissary means that they have to run it right… but, he won’t like it.”  What the staff means is that the inmates at Illinois River are going to shop once a week now, like they are supposed to shop… BUT they still have a $150 limit, when they aren’t supposed to have a limit at all… AND Warden Hinthorne stripped down the inventory!  She took 114 items off the shelves JUST BECAUSE SHE CAN.  And because she has an ego problem.  And she doesn’t like my dad.  She is being vindictive and punishing my dad for using his First Amendment right to address policy.

Two days ago, I received an email from Illinois Senator Jill Tracy.  She acknowledged her receipt of my letter about releasing my father early due to COVID.

COVID is on everyone’s minds right now.  Most of us are looking forward to coming out on the other side.  Maybe returning to some semblance of normal.  For the inmates in Illinois, I don’t know if they will ever get back to normal.

Another avenue of infection has arisen.  And with that, I would like to introduce today’s podcast: Dirty Mattresses.  I found out that in October of 2018, the Uptown People’s Law Center investigated the unsanitary conditions of IDOC and filed a lawsuit.  Check out this transcript for the link to the lawsuit.  Unsanitary mattresses were among the several issues raised.  My father told me that the Illinois Department of Corrections issues mattresses to prisoners upon arrival.  Some of these mattresses are currently twenty-five years old, maybe older, and filled with horse hair.

Today's podcast is called "Early Release of Larry Rocky Harris."  Early in 2020, Governor Pritzker commuted the sentences of a group of inmates that had violent crimes.  Google Alma Durr.  Disclaimer: her crime is disturbing and she received life in prison.  Pritzker also released inmates that had victimized people without notifying their victims.  For example, on April 6th, the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #7, said it had serious concerns after Governor Pritzker released a felon convicted of aggravated sexual assault with a weapon after only having served SIXTY DAYS.  ***I have a link in the transcript for the letter that Illinois Senators wrote to Governor Pritzker highlighting his serious errors in judgement.

Because of the hatred from general population, Illinois HAS a prison specifically for pedophiles.  It’s called Big Muddy.  I asked my dad why in the world these pedophiles were placed at Illinois River, instead of Big Muddy.  He said he didn’t know.  What are the eligible inmates supposed to think of IDOC, and the Illinois justice system as a whole, when it’s catering to pedophiles?  I think our Illinois Assemblymen need to know about this.  Check in with us weekly for updates to this story and others.

Happy Holidays from the Free Rocky Nation!  I’m your host Amanda.  Today’s podcast is called More Vindictive Policies.  I’m sure that everyone’s COVID Christmas was a little different this year.  For my father, he enjoyed one decent meal at IDOC in the quarantine section- 2-House- of Illinois River Correctional Center.  I spoke to him on the phone both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Today’s podcast is called The Count Light, Dayroom, and Ice. Sleep deprivation has been ruled illegal.  Prison staff cannot purposefully deprive inmates of sleep, yet it still happens.  When guards finish conducting their regular headcounts, they leave the lights on in the wings.  The lights are bright, and most inmates wake up.  This happens nearly every night.  My father has sent me a series of emails on this topic.  I am going to share them with you now.

Corrections to previous misquotes and updates on dad at Illinois River CC.

Today we look at who posed as a public defender and who profited from my father's false conviction.