As an incarcerated person, I wish the Delta variant was taken as seriously in prisons as it is on the outside

In an attempt to reduce the budget by $80 million, the Washington Department of Corrections had decided to consolidate living units at the Monroe Correctional Complex where I lived, and at other prisons across the state. I had already put in for a transfer, but I had no idea when it might come through.

Finding a new cellmate became everyone's top priority. This is the person you'll have to use the bathroom in front of, trust to be around photos and personal information of your loved ones, and hope they don't do anything stupid, like use drugs or get involved in prison politics that would get you in trouble. Basically, when you live with someone in prison, you're connected to that person. Their actions can easily have an impact on your life.

Us prisoners are tired of the hypocritical antics DOC continues to place upon us. Continuously we've been reminded that our safety and wellbeing are secondary to their budget concerns, or anything DOC deems important, which is never the prisoners entrusted to their care.This has been the pattern with correctional departments throughout the pandemic and across the whole country.

But these are choices that prisoners don't have. We'll just have to buckle-up and endure whatever's dished out, like riding a rollercoaster without a seatbelt. DOC claims all who are impacted by the consolidations have been a part of the process and able to voice concerns throughout the process in DOC's choice to make decisions. Yet, the majority of prisoners and their loved ones had no clue such a plan was even on the table. The first time prisoners and their loved ones were notified, on July 12, 2021, was mere days before the consolidation would take place.

Because of their cowardice to do the right thing, prisoners, mostly from impoverished communities of color, will suffer the consequences in the dark shadows, out of the public's eye.

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