Activists and journalists have found cases of extreme neglect of prison water quality across the country.
On April 5, 2012, three years into his stay at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California, Silus Valson sought medical attention for severe headache, stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting and dark urine. The next day, he was transferred to the local hospital’s intensive care unit for impaired heart function.
“They notified us about it. They did nothing while they said they were trying to fix the water system,” Valson says. Although his exposure occurred almost a decade ago, Valson says he feels the effects of the KVSP water every day. He has been prescribed medication for his heart and circulatory system indefinitely.independently filed lawsuits
Meanwhile, directly contradicting the findings regarding water quality violations discussed in this article, Orlando of the CDCR said: “Since the beginning of operations, there have been no violations.”As required by the California Department of Public Health , CDCR staff began posting flyers around the prison in 2008 to alert incarcerated people at KVSP that their water contained arsenic levels above the maximum limit determined by the Environmental Protection Agency .
John W. Williams arrived at KVSP in August 2009 and reported that he “suffered retch, nausea, stomach cramps, pain and headache.” He described KVSP’s water as sometimes coming out of the tap brown, and other times having a “white powdery substance” in it. Consistently, though, “It tasted weird. Like it had salt or chemical residue in it.”
With no other options, Williams tried to drink as little water as possible, but, “After so long, I had to drink the water. It was stressful because the water was so horrible. You fill up a cup and you know something is wrong.”
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