Call Operator: This is Eric Riddick calling from SCI Chester. Eric: We in the midst of a pandemic where everything is being shut down again because of the holidays. You know, a wave have came through, here at SCI Chester. You already- people had already passed away. But the thing is to mitigate the death and destruction that comes with a pandemic, this pandemic. A competent policy is supposed to be put in place regarding social distancing. When it's- when it's at a height that it's at right now because of the holidays, everything is shut down. Here at SCI Chester, they said that only four cells can be, you know, these cohorts can't go outside of that. But they making moves not considering the health of the elders. Today, they are today, they moving 15 to 20 people on this particular block. The same block that, last month, the last two months. That the pandemic in here started when every cell damn near had a COVID, right. But what make this so essential to get on down is that this block is where all the elders is at, with the underlining issues, right? Some are 50, 60, 70, 80 years old holding on to their health by a thread. Right. Heart disease, high blood pressure, sugar, diabetes, hepatitis, cancer, cancer, and so forth. Just like Mr. Al Jordan, the one that passed away that was on this block. But if you rewind the tapes, everything is recorded. I pay a videos, cameras all over the place before the pandemic hit up here. We didn't have no cases, especially on CB. And if you look at what changed, a policy was violated. When they moved first, they moved a hundred and something people from other effected jails down here. First of all is, you know, the basic pandemic handbook guidelines: stop all movement. That was disregarded and violated as a result. You know, being trace contact was nullified, right. Then on an institutional level, before the pandemic came, Mr. Al Jordan and them died. A decision was made to fill up the elder block—which is CB where Mr. Al Jordan was. And given guys cellies from different parts of the jail. And when that happened weeks—maybe a week after that—everybody got sick. You know, the policy was violated. Well, once again, it's happening again. For whatever reason, on an administrative level they have made a decision to bring hundreds of people from different jails to this institution. But to make room for those individuals today, they are moving 15 to 20 people from a different part of the jail down to CB where all the elders, with underlining medical conditions is housed. Making the same mistake they made prior to Mr. Al.  A lot of people don't want to say nothing, especially on the phone. Because they knew the phone is being recorded, and they fear retaliation. Transfer and so forth. But the reality is even myself, I feel that way to a certain degree. But when it comes to saving somebody's life, if I gotta bite the bullet, right. I got to bite the bullet then I'll bite the bullet. But at the end of the day you got people that's panicking because they got heart problems. They got pacemakers. There's a guy named Dennis McElhone, he just been diagnosed again with cancer. He got diabetes, high blood pressure, and every other illness you can think of. He's about to get a cellie, right? And at the end of the day, someone has to say something today to tell the superintendent to reconsider. Especially on this block where his elders is at, right. Reconsider bringing people on this block today. We can't wait 'til tomorrow. We can't wait 'til two weeks from now. You know, in the spirit of trying to save somebody else's lives. Before you make this incompetent decision. Rethinking, not based on my request, but based on even the policy that they have in place now. If we only could come out four cells at a time because of social distance [inaudible] trace contact, Then apply that to your decision making regarding these 15, 20, 30 people that you about to bring from another part of the jail. I'm urging anybody that's- that's going to listen to call up here and talk to Kenneth Eason who is the superintendent, tell him to reconsider. [Tell] he got people on this block that's holding on to it with their life. Holding on by a thread with their life. So we can't wait 'til days, three days, four days, five days. They making that move tonight. Right. They're making that move tonight and there's no legal justification. Today every guard, every staff in here is working under the collar of law. And that collar of law has guidelines. And then them guidelines is coming by CDC guidelines and every other thing that's governing out there. So right now, things are supposed to be shut down, no mixing cohorts and all that. So, but because of they need space. Right. Somewhere, somebody's making decisions based on not the health and the care, custody and control of the inmates that's under their care, custody, and control. But the bottom line, we need space. They moving bodies around the state arbitrarily and in violation of basic common sense. If you go and you call up Harrisburg and you ask for the pandemic handbook, guideline handbook, there's no way in the world that it's not going to be on there that during the midst of a pandemic— especially a second wave that's coming because of the holidays. That every segment of the government have acknowledged, right? Because this second wave is coming December and January. Coming off of the first November, Thanksgiving, and all of that. We have seen the devastation that they have caused, right. Going into this in the midst of this second wave is no justification for a wrong move like this. That's going to put—no doubt—it's going to take the lives of some of these inmates that have these severe underlining conditions, right? Especially on this block, that they moving these guys over here today, right? There's no legal justification. The authority that's vested in the staff that's making decisions here is still governed by laws and regulation. You can't put them in. And let me say this, the reason why the public is not getting the outcry I'm telling y'all, cause I'm here. I'm witnessing people in fear to get on the phone to speak truth because they know that their truth is being listened to and being recorded. And they go - and they know about administrative retaliation. And transfer in the mountains, away from families, you know, and all those things. And again, that may happen to me. I have already been in that situation before. Right. I don't want it, but somebody has to say something. If I get transferred because I'm saying this, right. And it saves and but- it saved somebody's life. Then I'm willing to- I'm willing to take that. I'm willing to take that. But I'm telling you, all you gotta do is use common sense. How is you justifying moving, especially on this block, CB. I want to reemphasize that. Because CB is a block where all the elders with the underlining medical issues is housed. Remember that. So call, call up here now. Talk to superintendent Eason and tell him to please reconsider. At least at this moment. Reconsidering, at least on- at this moment on this block. And let me say this. I don't have no celly so that people won't think that it's just, I'm doing it all just for me. I'm 50- 50, I'll be 51. I'm in pretty good shape. So I may can take it, but some of these elders cant. Give me a celly, if that's what you want to do. Right. But don't get these elders that have these severe medical problems no goddamn celly. And kill these individuals, unconsciously or incompetently. Whether you- whether you, is malice involved or not? Dead is dead is dead is dead. Whether an individual intentionally killed Al Jordan or not. The incompetence is just as liable, right. For (background noise) you to move people down here. And the people that they moved down here through the first week that took Mr Al life.Multiple- multiple of those individual inmates that came - moved down here arbitrarily contract had Corona. This is documented. And remember, don't take my word for it. One thing that's beautiful about these institutions today is they have cameras. And those cameras is called preservation of video footage. That's incontrovertible evidence, right. Of movement that shouldn't have taken place. Nevertheless, don't make the same mistake twice. The staff may not speak up because of retaliation, but they speaking. They're talking to the inmates explaining that they are- their health is being jeopardized by these moves. And if I'm wrong and I'm off, show me the justification for violating the CDC mandate on the DOC pandemic handbook mandates and common sense mandates. If you're going to implement a policy saying we can't go out in the yard because you can't mix cohorts more than four cells at a time. Then how can you say that and then move 20, 30 people from a different part of jail on to a unit where all of your elders with underlining issues is housed. So once again, I say to anybody that concerned about human life and that want to evade another death for one of the elders. Right. And I know these men- I know the men in prison is incarcerated, some guilty of crimes. Right. But do that justify disregarding their health? Does it justify it? If it does then say it and then we don't have no complaints. We don't have no grievance. But if- if not,  then under the [collar/color] of state law. And the spirit of care, custody, and control. Make competent decisions that save lives instead of incompetent decisions that's taking lives—that have taken lives. See, the thing is this, we already have an example of what happened in the last two, three months. And if you trace the steps back, just trace the steps back. Whoever listening, trace the steps back. How did we go from no cases, in one week hundreds of cases and people dying. There's a guy named Ponzo on life support right now. A lieutenant that worked here named Quentina. He died for four minutes and they brought him back. He got to learn how to talk and all that. His officers is upset because they was wondering, why would you bring people from different jails to this institution? Now you're going to make the same mistake again? Nevertheless, and I'm going to end it with this. All I'm saying is right now, tonight, they plan on moving inmates from another- other parts of the jail on to CB unit where all their elders with underlining issues is housed. Somebody call up here, and please talk to the superintendent, Kenneth Eason. And ask him to reconsider that move. Let him know that here at midnight Dennis McElhoe, who they just diagnosed with cancer agaon. He has sugar diabetes, high blood pressure, every other element. He's frail, he can't even walk up and down the steps. He's over here. Boy, Francis Boy, he got, he got a pacemaker. He can't even walk five steps without his chest hurting. He has high blood pressure. On and on. And Jeffrey Johnson, James Kennedy, James Sanders. Mike Renoldi. And multiple other elders over here that have underlining issues. Including myself who is 50, about to be 51 who have high blood pressure. Boy, what's your first name, Francis? Yeah, for instance, Boy who have medical conditions. He just everyday- go out every other day. He'd go out to the outside hospital because he have heart problems. He already had a couple heart attacks. Rodriguez, he already had two heart attacks since he's been here. His name is Angel Rodriquez. Ezra Bozeman (Interruption of Call Operator: you have 1 minute left)  almost 70 years old. A stroke, high blood pressure, sugar diabetes. They'll probably give him a celly tonight. From some part of the jail that we don't know. Don't wait until these men is dead to try to speak out. Like we doing with Mr. Al Jordan. Speak out now before- like call the superintendent. Just tell him- and he's a reasonable man. I know him for almost 30 years. Tell him to reconsider whether making this decision - tell him to reconsider it before we lose some more elders. Call Operator: Eric Riddick calling from SCI Chester.