Family and Friends of Inmates at Indiana State Prison

11/01/2019

Sad reality of the current food situation inside ISP. We can contact our state reps and bring attention to the unacceptable food service inside the walls.

“In Ohio prisons, maggots were also found in Aramark’s foods.” | Corporate profit and Aramark’s starvation diets

06/23/2018

Protest today at Indiana State Prison to object to the new drug testing, no contact visits policy. Come if you can! The purpose is to bring awareness (hopefully media shows) to the fact that 3 months in a row extreme measures are being taken to make sure no drugs are able to come in through visits, yet some inmates are still testing positive, making it clear that drugs are being brought in through staff. There are many inmates who are following the rules and are being punished. It appears the superintendent is trying to get the inmates to turn in which people/person is bringing in the drugs and punishing everyone else, families included.

05/07/2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/12/prison-food-sickness-america/549179/

Lapses in food safety have made American prisoners six times more likely to get a foodborne illness than the general population.

05/06/2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tqypS2cm0g

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05/05/2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/mississippi-private-prison-abuse.html

A trial in Mississippi provides a rare glimpse into a world where mistreatment of inmates is commonplace, at a time when the Trump administration wants to expand the use of private prisons.

05/05/2018

Indiana State Prison, had instituted an executive directive, 18-08. This order states that if 10%+ (1 out of 10) of a sampled population of inmates tests positive for drugs on a drug screen, then all inmates are not allowed contact visits with family or friends. (Contact visits allow the family to hug their incarcerated relative or friend after the visit, to sit next to them, and to share a snack together in a cafeteria-style visiting room.) This executive order is on the month-to-month basis. So every month this starts over and then there are more drug screens. Since this began 2 months ago, twice now 10%+ of the selected inmates to be drug screened were positive. This brings up a host of potential bias.

Who is selecting the chosen sample to be drug screened? How is the sample chosen? Is a randomized sample being used or is the sample selected based on known drug users? Why are those who are not using drugs being penalized? How is this presumed to be an effective method of addressing addiction and drug use in prisons? Why are we penalizing family members of inmates who are obeying the laws, because 10% of the chosen sample of inmates chose not to?

If you agree with me that this executive order is ineffective, arbitrary, and unjust, please contact -
Indiana Department of Corrections Commissioner
Robert E. Carter Jr.

Mailing Address:
302 W. Washington Street, Room E-334
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Executive Assistant
Emily Bennett
(317) 232-5711