“More Medical Deliberate Indifference,” recorded July 1, 2026.
So, once again, we’re facing problems with medical in the Virginia DOC, specifically Haynesville. I’ve recently, and without any conversation with a doctor, had both my allergy and my chronic pain care medication, which was simply Tylenol, simply taken from me four or five weeks ago. I’ve gone through the regular process of filing complaints. I have two request forms to refill the medicine. One said request sent to the MD. The other one said, “Medication is not refillable. You are scheduled to see a provider.” Both of those are a month ago, and I’ve seen no one.
I’d like to point out that the actual medicine was taken from me by L. Jenkins, Registered Nurse. For those of you who are not familiar, registered nurses cannot prescribe or interfere with medication at all. A Certified Nurse Practitioner is actually licensed to do that, but a registered nurse is not. And this person did so without consulting a doctor, and never had me consult a doctor, which is the proper process. HCC26WRI00730, which was a complaint that I lodged on 6/14/2026, to medical involving L. Jenkins, RN, verbatim, “It has now been 10 days since the arbitrary denial of necessary allergy meds, leaving me in a worsened and constant state of respiratory distress. The result being that I am now waking up multiple times a night, nose stuffed and clogged, gasping for air. This is provably a threat to my safety and well-being. This is an environment with visible mold growing, excessive use of cheap-scented products, a ventilation system half filled with various particulate debris, and other agitants.” Complaints filed against med staff at various agencies and with outside advocates.
The response was received 6/23/26 from L. Jenkins, Registered Nurse: “You need to come to sick call to receive a five-day supply, then obtain allergy medications from the commissary.” They want me to buy them myself. I’d like to point out that the Xyzal that I take, which is the strongest over-the-counter medicine that they’ll give me, so that I can self-medicate, is not available on commissary. You can’t buy it. And the Claritin they sell does nothing against the crap that I’m breathing. The Tylenol is gas station size packet, so that’s two extra-strength in a little packet that you’d see at a gas station. They’re $0.68 cents per, so it’s essentially, you know, $6.80 a week, times three, comes out to around $18. You’re looking at close to $20. They want me to spend my own money, so that they don’t have to take care of my chronic headaches due to brain injury, and also from subsequent head blows when the police beat the hell out of me the night I was arrested. This is the only compound where I’ve ever had that problem. It’s the only compound where my medicine had to be renewed every three months, and all this is happening without consultation to medical doctors.
I point out HCC26WRI00678. I already read 730, 781. 830 is where they’re not even providing me with my ADA status, which is actually required with the brain injury and then the mental health history that I actually have documented for my entire life: bipolar one, major depressive disorder, severe anxiety disorder, and PTSD. They don’t want to take care of us at all because it costs them money. I’ll point out that this is just five or six days after Governor Spamberger had the gall to go on the news and claim that she had just fixed the Department of Corrections in her first five months. I can assure you she hasn’t fixed squat, and the DOC is spiraling down a really dirty public toilet. We need help.
On a side note, if none of you saw that awesome feat of love and beauty on the top of the Empire State Building, I think you should go check it out. It was all over the news today, and you know, that’s it. Thank you. My name is David Annarelli. You can find me at Substack.com @davidannarelli, Instagram @david_annarelli, and you can Google me for a whole lot more. And by the way, if you get the chance, check out some of my music that’s floating around out there under Discordian Society. Thank you very much.
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