Making of Warzone in Prison by Jay Goodman After David Ruiz won his federal lawsuit and the judge put monitors at each of the prison units to insure their compliance with his orders, the Puppetmasters started the biggest war the state has ever seen. Of course, they will say, “How did we start a […]
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Building a Behemoth 2 by Jay Goodman As the 1980’s came to an end, Texas by now, was one of the most violent prson systems in our country. Every day, people were being stabbed or killed. Inmates’ families were calling Huntsville and Austin, demanding answers from elected and governor-appointed officials, but everyone seemed powerless
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LIVING THE LIE by Kris Russell Francisco Hernandez I lived a double-life in the freeworld. One was as a perfect husband, father, brother and friend. Sadly, the other one was destined for coming to prison. I was a good liar, or so I thought. It all came to a screeching hault when my two
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The Puppetmasters (Part 2) By Jay Goodman I went back in time in my last installment to explain the systemic brutality of the Texas prison system. I wrote about turnkeys who committed all kinds of atrocity in the name of the law, and how all inmates have been treated as slaves by the
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The Puppetmasters by Jay Goodman I’ve written about how TDCJ used to be run. I have talked about the worthless grievance system. And, I told you a little about how the kitchens are being run. About that, I’m trying to get some good documentation for you to look at to prove some of
ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST By Kris Russell Last time, I started telling my story in hopes that I could keep others from following in my footsteps. I’d like to pick up where I left off last time, because it was kind of a cliff-hanger. If you remember, I’d left my beautiful family
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CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG I know what you all have seen in the movies about how inmates and officers get along. The relationships vary from the Green Mile to Alcatraz and everything in between, and as far as that goes, with a lot less drama, that’s pretty much the way things really
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THE WAR ON TERRELL I’d like to take you into the 1990’s now, showing you some of the things that occurred in the Texas prison system. Not much had really changed from the chaos of the 80’s except that the TDCJ was finally taking steps to lock up the gang leaders in seg, but
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INMATES FLAMBE Before I continue on through the 1990s and the Puppetmasters, I want to talk about another issue that has plagued the men and women inside the Texas prison system- the heat. It’s been an issue that most people in our whole country have heard of. I have family in Cincinnati and New
Whiling Away the Hours A lot of the people who have maintained contact with me since I first came to prison over a dozen years ago have asked me the question, “What do you do with your time in there?” And this is a great question. In pointing out the many faults.of the TDCJ
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