The Real Criminals By Jay Goodman Through 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 anything or anyone, I am not just talking about the prisoners, but for its employees too. In […]
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TDCJ Gets Even By Mike Powers In three days, I will have been waiting on my parole answer for four weeks- a whole month. Of course, that’s not fun, but then again, it’s better than NOT waiting on an answer, right? After all, at least I’m “in the process”, and not sitting around killing
Criminally Insane By Mike Powers There is an interesting side effect to the reticence of Texas juries or judges in declaring anyone to be mentally fit to stand trial, and it is this: Texas prisons aren’t just filled with criminals, they’re also filled with the mentally ill cast-offs of society. Of course, this is
The Forrest In The Trees By Mike Powers One of the volunteers who comes to the Diboll Unit to minister is a woman who is still on parole from a life sentence. Her desire to come back inside these walls – which I can only imagine must be a powerful emotion every time she
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Shazam! You’re Cured! By Mike Powers Most of my adult life, and because I spent most of my teen years morbidly obese, I’ve suffered with severe arthritis in both of my knees. And I’ve had four corrective surgeries, and even though I need knee replacement surgery, the fine physicians here at UTMB Correctional Managed
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Trial Advocacy Part 7 NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SENSITIVE DATA AMENDED MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT, OBJECTION TO EX PARTE DISCUSSIONS AND EX PARTE HEARING ON THE MERITS, OBJECTION TO LACK OF PROPER 45 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE HEARING ON THE MERITS AND REQUEST FOR FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
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Saying Goodbye, Again By Mike Powers I’m sure all of you have seen those classic prison movies with that classic prison character – the old man who has been locked up for decades and has turned into a crochety old lone wolf that doesn’t want to form a friendship with anyone because he’s had to
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How Far of Low Would You Go? By Jay Goodman Every time I gaze around here in the penitentiary and observe all of the individuals walking about, I wonder what it is going to take for these people to see that this is not a game. I just wrote a chapter titled “Lost in a
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Texas Plays Monopoly By Jay Goodman As I go back to the 1990s and all of the madness the decade brought he TDCJ, I’m amazed at the masterfulness of the Puppet Masters. I’ve been working on my book, The Puppet Masters, for over ten years now, and I must admit there are times I am
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