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Satellite Camp at FMC Lexington

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  • Oct 18th, 2015
    Someone from Bloomington, IL writes:
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    My wife is there. The facility is NOT ADA compliant. .the elevator is constantly broken and my wife is confined to a wheechair....yeah real dangerous. No heat in the winter unbearable heat in the summer. Frozen meat marked" not fit for human consumption" non violent first time offenders should never be institutionalized. ...states dont do it. The only reason is the more prisoners, the more supervisors, more wardens. And thus higher pay grades....quit wasting tax payer money and release these people
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  • Jun 25th, 2015
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  • May 6th, 2015
    Someone from Covington, KY writes:
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    I spent 17 months at Atwood and everything I have read on here is true... Medical sucks.. Not one of the staff members/guards are professional in anything they do... The whole place is nasty.. The food is horrible and out dated ( I worked in food service warehouse so seen first hand) ... No structure or rehabilitation what so ever... The only thing I learned was how to crochet due to another inmate teaching me ... All around bad bad place.. Good luck to anyone having to go there..recommend that request another facility if possible especially if you have 2 or more years to do...
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  • Apr 21st, 2015
    Someone from Columbia, KY writes:
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    I spent a year at FMC Satellite camp, from 2002-2003, and all you people complaining about things there, WOW, it's prison, and i was shocked at the freedom you have there, the only thing you cannot do is have you hubby/wife stay with you, it's the most lenient facility I e ever seen or heard of!!! The inmates are responsible for cleaning it, so if it's dirty, it's their fault!! Martha Stewart was there before me, and offered to pay for air conditioning, however the reasoning for the BOP refusing her offer was this, the building is in the world book of Guinness records for having the most window panes, each window has like 40 individual smaller pieces of glass with a frame, making one entire window, so they arnt going to change it, I was on the 2nd floor, and yes it is hot of the day, but they gave HUGE fans in every hall, and your allowed to buy fans for your own room, unless your lazy or sick, you have a job , I was a landscaper, so by the time everyone gets back from work, eats , usually workcûks out in the gym, then showers, and gets some cool breeze of air outside in the common area, on the pavilion, by the time you go to bed it cooled considerably in the hotter ,upper floors, if, God forbid, I ever had to be incarcerated again, IDE beg to go there!!! You are not there to be catered to, you are being punished for crimes you committed , this facility gives more freedom than any halfway house EVAN, stop acting as if they are victims, they are not, and are only treated as badly as they treat others , God Bless you and yours, I pray they don't have to stay long, but trust me, they WILL NOT find a more home like setting than the FMC Satellite camp in Lexington.....
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  • Feb 2nd, 2015
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  • Jan 31st, 2015
    Someone from Grandview, TN writes:
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    This should be inspected and no one on earth should be treated like this period.
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  • Jan 29th, 2015
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  • Jan 27th, 2015
    Someone from Minneapolis, MN writes:
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    My Mother is an inmate at this prison and I am completely appalled and outraged by the conditions that she is having to live under. She is a non violent offender with a clean record, she is a loving Mother and a wonderful caring daughter to her elderly Father. Just because she made a mistake, that hurt no one does not mean that she should be treated like a slave a tortured. SHUT THIS PRISON DOWN!!! TREAT THESE WOMEN LIKE PEOPLE!!!!!!!
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  • Jan 22nd, 2015
    Someone from Newport, KY writes:
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    I spent a year there and it's true, one I've machine, they barely hand out feminine products, mold and mildew in the whole building, health care sucks, I passed out working outside in the blazing heat and NOTHING was done. They treat u like a dog. The guards suck and have inmates doing mail which should be illegal. And the counselors are horrible and care nothing about the girls. This place needs to be SHUT DOWN! It's disgusting and inhumane!
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  • Jan 22nd, 2015
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  • Jun 28th, 2014
    Someone from Rodney, MI writes:
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    I was in the satellite camp for 13 months and everything that is being said here is the truth. the medical department is all for the men and not for the women. the rules are not that hard to follow, but like other women have said the c/os are mostly in the office and never are around when you need them they like to lock themselves in the offices. the ice situation is crazy and that this needs to stop due to the fact is that there is to many woman in this place and not enough room for everyone. the laws need to be change on alot of the laws and that people shouldnt be stuck in there for as long as some of them have been in there
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  • Jun 7th, 2014
    Someone from Indianapolis, IN signed.
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  • May 12th, 2014
    Someone from Strunk, KY writes:
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    Most all of the comments I read I know to be the truth, as I experienced them first hand. Never in my life did I dream I would ever see the inside of a prison.I won't go I to my story on here because that is not what this site is for. The few negative comments I saw I'm pretty positive was from a guard. If you look back at the comments you will see "someone e from Fort Bragg NC" the first talks about conditions of troops (which is horrible and I highly respect all who fight for us) however then 2 days later they make another post saying "me and some of my friends did time there". Any of you who have actually been in this environment can read the comments and k ow this wasn't from anyone but a guard who is upset with truth being told and falsely posting to protect their job. The conditions at Atwood can be miserable. No it isn't a hard place to do time as far as rules or strictness. The guards can even be hard to find sometimes if needed. Several nights we were told not to brother him (only males when I was there were co's). The lady consoler does lock ice chest, refuses to give over 6 pads and 10 tampons per month, ignores request and makes you feel lower than human at times. Once when I was there the water line es were so old something happened and water turned brown and wasn't even safe for showers. It was turned off for a few days and we were only allowed 4 bottles of water per day. This had to be used to brush teeth, ect....Those who had jobs outside weed eating, mowing, garage, ect... still had to go to work but had no water for showers after 8 hours of weedeating. If you've ever weedeated you understand how much grass and dirt gets all over you. This took place in summer months too when it was unbearably hot. Those of us who worked landscaping had an ice machine in landscaping building. When we would get off work and start back to Atwood we would fill garbage bags up with ice to try to help other women when camp ice machine would be pad locked. We thought we were helping. The lady consulor who I spoke of earlier put a stop to that quickly. She said if we brought anymore back and was caught we would get a shot (a shot can take away good time). So much more I could go on and on about but you get the point. I am someone who was 37 years old when this happened and never even had a speeding ticket in my life. I was then and am not a law abiding citizen. With federal laws sometimes a person doesn't even know they are breaking them until its too late. Most of the women I met were like me and the crimes they were in there for I bet most of you have done not even realizing you could get I to serious trouble for. All I'm saying is these aren't hard core criminals by any means. The main doors at Atwood don't even have locks, there is no fence, there is one guard at night who most of time has locked them self in one of the offices so they aren't bothered. Why not let these women go home and work jobs, take care of their kids and contribute to society o
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  • May 6th, 2014
    Someone from Memphis, TN writes:
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    I spent 15 months at Lexington. Since I have been out I have begged the PO System to allow me to talk to women headed there. Not to bash it but to warn them. Warn those that have never been the things they will need to do and learn. You are dropped off at the facility at your room and that is it. There is no one to show you around most of the time. They give you a packet of rules but nothing that tells you what a standing count is, what a lock in is,etc. If you get lucky and get good roommates you will survive but if not you end up learning the hard way and its not pleasant. If you get money on your books they take most of it for restitution if you owe any and your counselor will tell you that if you don't get money you better figure out a way to steal it if that's what got you there in the first place. The counselors are truly sad and uncompassionate people. I am sure they hear the same thing over and over and have just learned to block it out but I have witnessed them be evil for the fun of it. There is NO medical care. If you go in on certain meds it pretty certain they will be withheld cold turkey UNLESS it is a federal approved drug which is NOT usually the case. Dental care is fine. The dentist is a compassionate very nice lady. Tooth ache either gets you a filling or tooth pulled and no replacement. You will hear stories about the food. I worked in FS and I can assure you that most of them are correct. They get food from Wendys, burger king etc that have expired. Once there was a mix up on an order and we received shredded chicken that literally had the beaks and claws shredded up in it and we sat and picked thru it for hours before cooking. There are a FEW guards that are strict enough to keep the peace but when they are off the place is a free for all. I have no problem talking to people before they go in to at least help them with the knowledge they will need but that is unheard of. NOTHING is free. In the summer when it is 110 degrees you have no air and if lucky you can buy a fan. But usually someone steals it and sells it to someone else. If have decided my non violent crime was paid for in full during that 15 months and I will become a hermit before I ever go back. No one knows what it is like, even those family members that write repeating what their inmate says, until YOU have been there yourself
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