Securus Contract Scam Alert: The Leslie K Holte Incident By Jason Renard Walker The information below contains, what seems to be, a very sophisticated and well thought out comment that was posted on my personal website: www.jasonsprisonjournal.com by a person authoring as, Leslie K Holte. After checking, this name belongs to a person that served time in TDCJ for nearly beating an infant to death. Given that the post was a complete hoax tells me the person who posted it may not…
By Jason Renard Walker The sudden Death of Texas prisoner, Jackie Dewayne Wiley, raised many questions, provided few answers and became a financial burden to loved ones he left behind. At approximately 4:55pm on May 25 2024, an unresponsive Wiley laid strewn on the Hutchins unit dormitory floor as, according to witnesses, TDCJ staff provided sub par life saving measures, before placing his body on a gurney and hauling it to the infirmary. He was pronounced dead at 5:37pm. Wiley’s…
By Jason Renard Walker Earlier this month, TDCJ Director Bobby Lumpkin released a statement on our securus tablets, announcing the use of body cameras by TDCJ staff. Starting with the maximum security facilities, these devices will eventually be used in every Texas prison throughout the state. At the start of each officers shift the cameras will be turned on, with the exception of them being paused during prisoner strip searches that are non confrontational and a for few other reasons…
BY Jason Renard Walker OVERVIEW The Ellis unit is more than just your typical prison within the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). It is a dream job for assaultive guards that are also aspiring police officers, and those wanting unlawful training in the profession of inflicting harm on innocent and unruly subjects. Huntsville Texas is home to the Ellis unit as well as several other men’s prisons. This town is historically known as being a stomping…
By Jason Renard Walker In this piece I will touch on a failed attempt, from what I draw as a false activists effort to slander the already tarnished livelihood and fleeting integrity of Bill Clements’ unit TDCJ staffer Patricia Flowers, and, in retrospect, damage my own writing credibility for being the sole reporter of the information given to me, while we agree that they remain anonymous, yet the only obvious beneficiary after the fact. As they admitted that we both…
By Jason Renard Walker “This guy was just completely unresponsive, I mean, he’s out cold now and they’re just continuing to beat him” -Tim Nixon, Coffield unit prisoner that witnessed a mob of guards try to beat a handcuffed prisoner to death in solitary confinement The Offices Of Inspectors General (OIG) listed former TDCJ prison guard, Abayomi Ipoola, as a “sole suspect” in the Sept 5 2023 beatdown of Coffield unit prisoner Kiheem Grant, while a dozen other guards involved…
By Jason Renard Walker One Powledge unit prisoner was found dead in his solitary confinement cell on New Year’s Day and another had to be hospitalized, following a near death heart attack. The deceased, who was identified by staff as Garrett, was previously housed in the unit’s 14 dorm before being placed on medical isolation, where he was ultimately found unresponsive a week or so later. Garrett is the second such person to be found dead in a Powledge unit…
BY Jason Renard Walker In July 2023 the Texas Department Of Criminal Justice created a rule, preventing organizations, businesses and the public from sending mail directly to Texas prisoners. By September 6 2023 it would be effective on all TDCJ units. The rationale for this policy was to curb the amount of contraband entering Texas prisons, but the most common contraband found in Texas prisons(methamphetamines, cellphones, weapons) has no logical way to be hidden in incoming mail from the public….
By Jason Renard Walker The ACLU’s National Prison Project filed the suit in 2002 and their media team released the lawsuit filings to the Associated press. It was picked up by every major newspaper across the country and made the front page. Roderick Keith Johnson explained in detail the horrors of belonging to a prison gang, but not in the sense of being a member under pressure to further the gang’s criminal activities. More like a low cost prison sex…
By Jason Renard Walker Uncontrollable violence and drug smuggling within the Texas Department Of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) compelled officials to launch a statewide prison lockdown, on the early morning of September 6 2023. Prisoners where I am housed woke up hungry and disappointed. The lockdown occurred on our scheduled commissary day and breakfast sacks wasn’t fed until after 12:00pm. The normal time is 4:00am. TDCJ officials suggest that the violence increasing throughout the system is linked to the amount of…