ALT Hello, I’m calling on behalf of people incarcerated at Johnson County who are facing horrendous conditions. The mental and physical torture of segregation needs to stop at this facility. Those in segregation have a much higher chance of being neglected by jail staff ,and most jail deaths at Texas jails have happened in segregation. Deaths happened in Johnson County Jail in 2016, 2020, 2021, and this past Wednesday due almost entirely to medical neglect. Maricela Rueda, who has high blood pressure and is also 33, needs to be moved from segregation to general population immediately. Maricela has been housed in segregation for a month now and has experienced torture, violation, and threats from staff. Are you aware that a woman near where Maricela is housed has been pepper sprayed 5 times this month? (wait for response) Her crime? Refusing to be strip searched. There are also clear signs that this woman has a cognitive disability yet instead of care she meets abuse.

ALT Also, were you aware that Maricela was threatened with being held naked in a suicide cell for 4 days by Licensed Clinical Social Worker Joy White when she invoked her right to counsel? (wait for response) Due to the threats against her, we also demand that Licensed Clinical Social Worker White not be allowed contact with Maricela. Segregation is a violent place. Maricela needs to be moved to general population immediately. At the very least, she needs to be housed in an infirmary cell with other incarcerated people. We know there are beds available in multi person infirmary cells, so there is no reason she cannot be moved into one of these She was housed with codefendants for months pre trial and post trial. Of course, it would be best for her to be moved to general population, which she has been housed in with zero problems for months at Wichita Falls Jail. We will not stop calling until all our loved ones are in general population. We wil not sit back and let this jail let people die