Durango Jail

I do not know where else to go, what resources are available to me or who can help me so here I am on Unilocal.
On October 4, 2009 my son’s father was arrested for a petty, non violent crime. A beer run, where you run into a convenient store, steal beer, and run out. He was arrested. This was a hard point in his life, his mother had just died and he was a heroin addict in recovery who had just completed rehab. He was on Suboxone. Upon intake he called us, his family, told us that he felt suicidal. He says he told the guards that he was on a medication and that they ignored him. He was placed in a cell alone.
On October 6, 2009 Cody James Lampshire at only 23 years old was found hanged in his cell with a sheet, left alone to die.
It is only after doing research for a school paper on the American jail systems that I am discovering just how often suicide in jails occur. The maricopa county jailing system refused to show any video footage to his family, has refused to accept any responsibility for plucking a person off of the street, refusing to give them their medication, placing them alone in a holding cell, and consequently letting them die. This might sound like another story that is currently in the news, Sandra Bland.
If anyone reads this and knows of any resources available or can be of any help please contact me.
Mary Williams

The food here is Horrible! It tastes like old dog food, that’s been warmed up. The staff treat everyone, including visitors like they are above them. The inside is disgusting, non compliant with codes, and overall just gross! I’d recommend not going, and if u can’t stay law abiding, do it in a different county!

Came to visit my brother and come to find there are no visits on Saturday, only Sundah and Monday, seems kind of ass backwards to me. The desk person seemed removed and cold, not very knowledgable or professional. The machine where you put money into your inmates account was slow and did not give us any confirmation or receipt to let us know the money even went through, also, there was an almost $ 8 fee to process the deposit SMH. Fortunately we were able to meet a nice older couple who were having a hard time getting information about their son, I know, it’s hard to believe that the desk person could be so useless. We were able to help them get the info they needed by speaking for them and calling the DOC on their behalf to inquire about their son. Not much was accomplished today as far as being able to visit with my brother and I am not too confident that the money will get to him, but at least we were able to help a nice couple find their son in this screwed up system. You’d think with all the funding Arpaio gets, he’d be able to do a better job of treating Arizona residents who find themselves in an unfortunate situation, and their loved ones, better.

Long waits, about an hour for only a half hour visit. More open and light in the visiting room than other Maricopa County jails. Actual contact visits, in person at a table rather than through a glass or screen. The waiting rooms are typically full, cramped and hot.
There is free covered visitor parking in a parking garage across the street from the visiting center, which is nice. Vending machines and a machine to add money to inmates books are available.