SVSP won't even let us prisoners shower any more. We haven't showered since July 2, 2004, our water in our cells is cut off. They come around 3 times a day to fill our one small dixie cup up with the bottled water. This prison is broke.
- a California prisoner at SVSP, July 2004
MIM adds: several prisoners at SVSP have forwarded us a copy of a memo from the Warden there stating that the well water at SVSP tested with high nitrate levels, leading them to shut down the pump and suspend irrigation and showers.