A prisoner by the last name Villarreal (might be 45 year old Henry villarreal)  was found dead in his Powledge Unit Restricted Housing Cell on April 1, 2026, just after supper.  The prisoner committed suicide, as one witness suggests, by stuffing a sock-like object down his throat. 

By coincidence, the cell he was found dead in, A7 Cell, is the same cell Matthew Parsifal committed suicide in on January 26, 2025 and a Black prisoner named Crab was found hanging in several months after.

As I report this, staff are scrambling in an effort to reduce the amount of damage control that is sure to take place once the Office of Inspector General does their own investigation and discovers that the same policy violations that caused Parsifal’s death (falsifying security check and cell search log) have only increased and are encouraged by ranking staff who do the same.

Patrick Crusius, who was on suicide prevention watch and sentenced to life without parole for a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart, was quickly rushed to the Skyview Unit Psyche Ward.  Following an in response to the suicide, in what seems to be an effort to hide their practice of neglecting the needs of prisoners on suicide prevention watch by leaving them languishing in their own filth until the stench coerces them into saying they no longer feel suicidal.

This incident is nothing new, and business as usual on the Powledge Unit, which is a cesspool for staff misconduct.  Nearly a month ago, the unit’s former major, Vanessa Bazan, was removed from the unit and demoted to an unranked guard after an investigation by the Regional Director revealed she was having an inappropriate sexual relationship in violation of TDCJ policy.

Jason Renard Walker 1532092 

Powledge unit 

PO Box 660400 

Dallas, Tx 75266

Jason Renard Walker is a prison journalist who has published articles and essays in various print and online media outlets since 2016. His work can be viewed at: www.jasonsprisonjournal.com You can also purchase his paperback book ‘Reports From Within The Belly Of The Beast: Torture And Injustice Inside Texas Department Of Criminal Justice’ available on amazon.com