Letters From Inside the 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?

Will the Corruption Ever Stop in TDCJ? By Jay Goodman It’s near the end of 2019, and I look around me in these Texas prisons and have asked-myself countless of times, what will it take for Texas to change? How many more men and women have to be abused physically and mentally? How many more

Is This Motel 6? By Mike Powers The famed and affordable highway waystation, Motel 6, has an advertising slogan that’s rather catchy, ‘We’ll leave the light on for you.�? It’s comforting if you are a weary traveler searching for overnight accommodations, but I’ve discovered that lights left on all night can be pretty annoying if

When Are the Feds Coming to the Rescue? By Jay Goodman Has anyone working for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ever considered really listening to the prisoners? Now I am not talking about the guards, I am talking about wardens and especially the people from Huntsville, of course, the answer to this question is,

You Gotta Be Kidding Me! by Mike Powers To be honest, I’ve lived my life rather chaotically. I’ve taken pride in being a man who could turn on a dime without concern for a non-existent wife and kids to slow me down or settle me down. What a tragedy. However, the good news is that

Code of Ethics Is a Code of Lies? By Jay Goodman The good thing about the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is, they make it so easy to write about them. This criminal organization has been allowed to operate for so long now without any worry whatsoever that they do not even try to hide