Prison Pulse Report

They took me off my mental health meds at FCI Atlanta because they didn’t help me. I told them my meds made me feel drunk and I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to defend myself if I was attacked. They also made me feel sad and depressed. I was also on the MAT program and that had really helped me. But when they put me on the shot I couldn’t handle the side effects. So, I signed out of the program. And then they never put me back on anything because I ended up in the SHU. I think they wanted me to kill myself. I asked for help the whole time. Nine months later they shipped me here, in October (2025). I told them when I arrived all about what happened, but still I got no help. I just talked to Medical and they keep putting it on Psychology.

What’s crazy is that when I got here, one of the staff members from Atlanta greeted me. She knew all about what had happened to me, but said this place is messed up because they can’t get a psychologist to stay here.

April 2026

FACILITY

FCI McKean

TOPIC(S)

SHU
Addiction
Mental Health