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The COVID-19 Cover-Up: Exposed Prison Guard May Have Contaminated Over 140 Prisoners

The COVID-19 Cover-Up: Exposed Prison Guard May Have Contaminated Over 140 Prisoners

By Jason Renard Walker, NABPP, Minister of Labor The Clements Unit is knowingly allowing guards infected with the coronavirus to work at the prison. In its early stages of infesting the prison; the coronavirus had gone undocumented in the month of March 2020, despite sick prisoners and rampant signs of the virus everywhere. The focus didn’t seem to be on preventing staff from bringing it in. The focus was on preventing healthy guards from getting the virus from sick prisoners…

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Medical Co-pay Fees Force Inmates’ Denial of Medical Care Despite Rampant Signs of the Corona Virus

Medical Co-pay Fees Force Inmates’ Denial of Medical Care Despite Rampant Signs of the Corona Virus

By Jason Renard Walker, NABPP Minister of Labor Prisoners in the Clements Unit’s close custody building (A pod) are showing signs of the coronavirus; the $13.55 medical co-pay fee has deterred all, but one, from seeking treatment. The loud sound of coughs and spitting have illuminated the cellblock after one prisoner sought medical care and was told to hold his breath, then denied further treatment. Another was issued common cold medication and turned away. I myself have gotten sick, a…

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Back to Clements Unit: The Original Scene of Crime and Punishment

Back to Clements Unit: The Original Scene of Crime and Punishment

By Jason Renard Walker, NABPP Minister of Labor After a brief 3 year hiatus from the Clements unit in Amarillo, Texas. I find myself returning to the original scene of crime and punishment, lawless order, sadism, racism and what have you. Many shocking accounts are posted to my website.  During the three year hiatus spanning 2017-2020 I stayed at Ramsey unit, Michael unit, Telford unit, Ellis unit, Allred unit, and McConnell unit. Though I faced a variety of false disciplinary…

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Activism in the Age of Prisoner Resistance: College Students and Activists that are Changing the Landscape of the Prison Reform Paradigm

Activism in the Age of Prisoner Resistance: College Students and Activists that are Changing the Landscape of the Prison Reform Paradigm

By Jason Renard Walker, Minister of Labor – NABPPMaggie Ray Anderson, a senior studying Law & Justice in Washington state, hopes to one day involve herself in the criminal justice reform field. Unlike many new arriving activists, Maggie’s interest is helping convicted sex offenders rehabilitate through effective positive programming and counselling. “I’m hoping to make changes,” she says.Despite the negative that is placed on most sex offenders, Maggie is more than willing to take on the challenge. With a very…

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Transgender Prisoner Saves Inmate from Getting Killed, is Assaulted Themself

Transgender Prisoner Saves Inmate from Getting Killed, is Assaulted Themself

By Jason Renard Walker, Minister of Labor, New Afrikan Black Panther Party Allred Unit prisoner John Leland Dillon was beaten badly and nearly killed on December 13, 2019, during his stay in the prison’s close custody wing. Witnesses state that the assault took place for over thirty minutes, and followed a threat from his cellmate that he would kill him if placed in the same cell.This same comment was made to Sgt. Byrd just days before. Despite the threats, Sgt….

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Conditions at the Allred Unit Prison are driving some inmates insane, others homicidal or suicidal

Conditions at the Allred Unit Prison are driving some inmates insane, others homicidal or suicidal

Despite a rise in murders at the Allred Unit’s close custody building this year, overall conditions haven’t gotten better; they are getting worse. Around Sept. 25, 2019, in Allred’s close custody building, 31-year-old Delandro Coridro Hamilton was found “unresponsive” in his bunk by staff during the 5:30 a.m. bed book count. His cellmate was on the recreation yard during the discovery. A white female nurse, who chose to remain anonymous, suggests that Hamilton was killed and had been dead for…

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Chill Factor: The Unjust Response to Prisoner Deaths at the Allred Unit

Chill Factor: The Unjust Response to Prisoner Deaths at the Allred Unit

By Jason Renard Walker, Minister of Labor, NABPP What’s there to hide? From the beginning of my arrival at the Allred Unit in Iowa Park, Texas, it became obvious that this prison was no different than any other I’ve been to, given the overt racism and slave-like treatment. But as the days passed, I soon learned that, unlike many other prisons, prisoner deaths and subsequent cover-ups was the norm. So normal that investigators (OGI) only spoke with prisoners who saw…

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Retaliation 101: Requesting Access to Respite Areas at Allred Unit is a Big No No

Retaliation 101: Requesting Access to Respite Areas at Allred Unit is a Big No No

Note: the first draft of this essay was censored by the Allred Unit mailroom, leading Jason to record an audio version that wasbroadcast by Kite Line Radio. Jason was then able to send out a written version of the essay, which is below. “I don’t think prisoners are treated like humans in this state. If there was air conditioning in that prison, my dad would be alive, out of jail, and rebuilding his life right now.” –  Ashley Frantom on her father’s…

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The Raw Truth about Dying in a Remote Texas Prison: An Official Cover-up

The Raw Truth about Dying in a Remote Texas Prison: An Official Cover-up

By Jason Renard Walker, a Texas prison writer As the year 2016 comes to a close, I am constantly reminded about a prisoner, 31-year-old Alton Rogers, a black male, who was found unresponsive and covered in bed sores in his cell on January 18, 2016. He died at the Northwest Texas Hospital here in Amarillo, Texas on January 19. He’s the third prisoner in the past three years, to die as a direct and proximate result of medical neglect, deliberate…

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Heat-related conditions at the Allred Unit are cruel, unusual and a purveyance of unwritten policies

Heat-related conditions at the Allred Unit are cruel, unusual and a purveyance of unwritten policies

As the extreme summer heat in Texas nears, Texans are preparing by purchasing summerwear, drinks and trinkets designed to combat the humidity and heat. In contrast, officials at the Allred Unit in Iowa Park, Teas, haven’t prepared to protect prisoners from heat-related injuries, like strokes, dehydration and exhaustion, despite temperatures here reaching the high 100°s. But what they have done is made an effort to relieve themselves of civil liability from foreseen prisoner heat strokes and other illnesses. I’ve written…

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