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AZDOC and their REHABILITATION B.S.


 AZDOC ANNOUNCEMENT — LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS MESS.

So Arizona Department of Corrections just proudly announced they’re going “digital-only” for inmate mail as of December 15, 2025.
Sounds real modern. Sounds real efficient. Sounds real SAFE.
Except… it collapses the second you apply reality.
Let’s break this down in plain English.
ALL GENERAL MAIL = DIGITAL ONLY.
Mail will be scanned off-site and delivered to inmates through tablets.
Cool.
Now here’s what AZDOC has ALSO told families and inmates directly:
• Tablets are a PRIVILEGE, not a right
• There is a SEVERE shortage of tablets
• There is a waiting list
• They don’t know when inmates will receive one
• NO Securus representative on site at Lewis
• Tablet repairs/replacements are backlogged for a month or more
• Securus “has nothing to do with tablets” after selling the contract
• Families are told DO NOT contact the facility
• Inmates must contact internal staff through "kites" (which they also expect them to do ELECTRONICALLY)
• Inmates cannot reach CO3s because they don’t come to pods or dorms hardly EVER! And when family calls the facility to speak to one, the answer is always "They are off site"
So let me ask the obvious question:
HOW THE HELL DOES DIGITAL-ONLY MAIL WORK WITHOUT A FUNCTIONING TABLET?
Because right now, it doesn’t.
TABLET REALITY CHECK
My husband’s tablet was broken by STAFF. It has not been repaired or replaced. We were still charged an insane amount of money.
There is no Securus rep on site. There is no effective internal channel to resolve it.
But AZDOC says, “You may communicate through the mail.”
Mail… that now only exists digitally…
on a tablet…
he doesn’t have.
Make it make sense.
Because PRISON MATH DOES NOT MATH. And even when I was a CO, I can tell you, PRISON MATH DOES NOT MATH!
NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION DENIAL
As of now, AZDOC has:
-Permanently denied my in-person visits
-Permanently denied my video visits
-As of February 15, 2026, they are cutting my phone calls
Yet — IN WRITING — they say I can still communicate by mail.
MAIL
THAT
REQUIRES
A
TABLET.
So let me say this slowly for the people in the back:
My husband now has NO reliable way to communicate with his WIFE.
That is not discipline. That is not rehabilitation. That is isolation.
And isolation from one’s spouse is NOT rehabilitation — it’s punishment dressed up as policy.
THIS ISN’T ABOUT SAFETY — IT’S ABOUT CONTROL
If tablets are a “privilege,”
If access is unreliable,
If repairs are months behind,
If no one is accountable,
If families are barred from helping,
And if staff availability is nonexistent…
Then digital-only mail is a communication blackout, not a solution.
You cannot promise access while dismantling every mechanism required to access it.
That’s not policy.
That’s negligence.
If AZDOC is going to take away:
• Physical mail
• Visits
• Video calls
• Phone calls
Then they are morally and legally obligated to ensure 100% functional, immediate, guaranteed access to the ONE remaining method of communication.
Anything less is cruel. Anything less violates the spirit of family connection. Anything less is a quiet way to erase people.
And we see it.
You don’t get to lock someone in a cage, break the only phone, lose the mail, shrug your shoulders, and call it “rehabilitation.”
Not on my watch. And don't think I'll shut up DOC.....You got me fucked up! #dobetter #azdoc #ArizonaDepartmentOfCorrections #docsucks

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