"I start to write the simple words that just don’t seem enough for JuJu ~ Judy. JuJu was and is an angel to me. Always right there with that smile that brought the right words of comfort and hope – just when I needed her. One moment I’m dying in a prison bed – the next I meet this intense, determined person who want to hook me up with attorneys and try to get me home. She was the one who offered me friendship, ways of help and hope – and a will to live."
-Dee Garcia

"Every day I miss my friend with all my heart … I met JuJu working as a peer counselor... A few months later she moved into my room and into my heart … JuJu was our Dr. She would tell us what the medical problem was, what kind of medication we should have, how to do a ‘602’ if we didn’t get what we needed… JuJu, for almost 4 years, went to ‘805’ almost every day. We danced, we cried, we changed diapers, pushed wheelchairs, laughed and we held hands with the women who had very little hope of leaving ‘805’ alive: which many didn’t. We also gave the ‘805’ medical staff the blues… I loved JuJu… [She] inspired you to live up to your potential. She was one of the most intelligent women I’ve ever had in my life… I wanted bells to ring to let the world know we have lost a wonderful, spirited human being."
-Bea Smith-Dyer