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Unit Craft Shops, Are Illegal Sweat Shops By Jay Goodman Throughout my book I have written about the abundance of stealing that goes on inside the Texas prison system, but there’s another type of stealing that has been going on forever and that I want to bring to light. At every prison there is what […]

The Joys of Parole By Mike Powers My readers recognize that even though I try to inject humor and optimism into most of my stories, the majority of them contain element s that are, at best, discouraging. Why? Because I believe we all want to think that our government works at a certain standard, particularly

The Real Criminals By Jay Goodman Throughout my fourteen plus years of incarceration in the Texas prison system, I am still at a loss for words over the prison system and the complete disregard they have for any or anyone. I am not just talking about the prisoners, but for its employees to. In my

5 DORM A PRIVILEGE, OR A CURSE? By Jay Goodman As I sit here in my cell looking over the prison I’m sitting in, I cannot help but look at one of the buildings with a little distaste. Not that every prisoner in this dorm are bad people, because they’re not. I know a lot

Safety Officer Is Just a Title in Unsafe Conditions By Jay Goodman Every prison in Texas has what they call, the Safety Officer. The title really speaks for itself. The person in charge of this position is naturally supposed to make sure the environment in which we live in is safe. Here at the Stevenson

  Learn to Write Grievances By Jay Goodman As I said before, I did not come to prison with the idea of becoming a “writ writer�? or some type of “jailhouse lawyer�?. And I never imagined that some day, I would write a book about the Texas prison system. After my short stay at the

  Strike Up the Band By Mike Powers When I was in the sixth grade, my music teacher, Mrs. Jennings, talked me into taking up the cello. Except for the difficulty of lugging around such a large instrument, I enjoyed it very much. The following year, I went on to junior high, and for the

  Playing by the Rules By Mike Powers “Texas Tech’s all-star junior quarterback from Odessa, Texas rolls back. He’s got a receiver open at the twenty. The umpire sees something though. He makes a fist. And itis strike three for the Techsan Titan. That will bring this half to a close with the score tied

  The Fred Cruz Story Part 2 Uncovering the Injustice By Jay Goodman As I sit here looking back to 1967, and how the Texas prisons were run, compared to -how they are run today. Truthfully, not a lot has changed, as far as how they think, and act. Because of lawsuits that were won,

  The Fred Cruz Story: The Final Chapter a Big Win, for a Different Time By Jay Goodman As wrote in the last three chapters on Fred Cruz and Frances Jalet. I thought about the mindset of the people who controlled the Texas prison system then compared to now. I have wondered how on earth