If an inmate is unconscious inside her cell, no one is aware. The five minute showers are done without privacy, so male guards often hang around and talk, increasing the humiliation. The water is so cold that the soap cannot be rinsed off, which leads to rashes that probably go untreated. The ten, or less, hours of yard time are done in a small area with no equipment or protective shade from the extreme valley sun. If a woman has to go to the bathroom while on the yard, the only toilet is an exposed one sitting under the guard tower.
Toilet paper is dropped down by the guard on request.
Unclothed body searches are performed on all women going in or out of the yard. Although by law they are performed by female guards, male guards stand around and harass and insult. California's Death Row for women is at Chowchilla and is located in a large cage in the middle of the SHU area. There are eight cells and a walkway in the cage, so the individual cell doors are left open to allow these women with death hanging over their heads to talk to each other at least. They stay to themselves, in their caged walkway, by preference.