March 3, 2022

Working Six to Five By Mike Powers With the exception of a few short months after surgeries and the time I spent on the Diboll Unit, I’ve always been assigned a job. Technically, this is necessary if the TDCJ is going to fulfill the law of the land, because it is legislated that every TDCJ […]

What Is It Going To Take To Fix TDCJ By Jay Goodman Throughout my book I have written about the complete disrespect the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has for the federal law. To Texas they could care less what the federal courts tell them. I have shown over and over how they will basically

Another Senseless Death Inside an Insane Prison System By Jay Goodman There are so many things inside a prison that cause trouble each day, most of it are senseless bullshit you would expect grown men to deal with in a civilized manner. But, because of many different circumstances, very small things can lead to a

Surviving Another Deadly Summer in the Death House By Jay Goodman Here it is August of 2019, I am literally cooking in my oven, that the Texas prison system calls a cell. We call these cells, the “Death House�?. Because since 1998, until 2014, when a lawsuit was brought by prisoners at the Pack Unit,

In Gratitued to Mr. Francisco Hernandez By Jay Goodman Every now and again, we meet someone in life that we are proud to call friend. And sometimes, that friend will come out of nowhere. Meaning, you really don’t even know or understand how this person came into your life to begin with? Coming to prison

Prison Gangs Still Causing Havoc in 2019 By Jay Goodman At every prison in the state of Texas there is a sergeant that is the Gang Intelligence Officer. This person is known as the G.I. This person’s job is to identify known gang members and put their names on file, so if something happens, like

A Slap on the Hands and Lt. Bridges Is Right Back Where He Left Off By Jay Goodman Inside these Texas prisons there are the prisoners and the guards, ranking officers, and wardens and naturally one would imagine it’s the inmates who are in here causing all of the problems. But, that’s far from the

Bernal’s Grievance Nightmare, Over a Pair of Glasses By Jay Goodman I was sitting here listening to my law library friend Lowrence Bernal, tell me a story about his problems with medical, and getting a new pair of glasses. My friend has over 20 years in the system and has been through a lot. Listening

A Texas-Sized Birthday by Mike Powers That time of year has come and gone once more. No, not THAT time of year, silly. I’m not talking about Christmas or even the New Year. I’m talking about my BIRTHDAY! Whoopee! Birthdays are pretty dicey propositions for most of us even at the best of times, but

Leadership; an Uncoimmon Trait in TDCJ Leadership; an Uncoimmon Trait in TDCJ By Jay Goodman Throughout my book, I have spoken a lot about the running of the Texas prison system and its dysfunctional staff. I have asked myself a million times, why they would run a prison system with the insanity that they do?