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Texas prisoner suffering stroke denied medical care, left for dead on cell floor for over 12 hours

Texas prisoner suffering stroke denied medical care, left for dead on cell floor for over 12 hours

Many courts have held that a serious medical need is “one that is so obvious that even a lay person would easily recognize the necessity of a doctor’s attention.” See Brown v. Johnson, 387 F.3d 516, 522 (7th Circuit, 2008). Being denied medical care at the Clements Unit Maximum Security Prison in remote Amarillo, Texas, is so common that the average prisoner here can expect to be denied some form of medical care during his stay. False claims of prisoners…

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Muslims at Texas’ Clements Unit are being starved during Ramadan: ‘Don’t like it? Become a Christian’

Muslims at Texas’ Clements Unit are being starved during Ramadan: ‘Don’t like it? Become a Christian’

In a year where Islamophobia is at an all-time extreme in Texas prisons, I think it is a perfect time for me to shed light of the injustice Muslim brothers are facing here at the Clements Unit. I am not Muslim myself, but I am against the oppression of all humans no matter how unpopular their social standing is. Since I have been in solitary confinement at the Clements Unit, I’ve witnessed the administration fail miserably at recognizing brothers fasting…

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A Look Inside Solitary Confinement in Texas: The Legal Practice of Mental and Psychological Torture the CIA Way – from the War on Terror to the War on Prisoners

A Look Inside Solitary Confinement in Texas: The Legal Practice of Mental and Psychological Torture the CIA Way – from the War on Terror to the War on Prisoners

Mainstream media, the outside public, and the average layperson have no idea what goes on in the prison system that they support. America’s prisons are strategically placed in desolate, uninhabitable and rural parts of the U.S., which makes it hard for the abused prisoner to effectively reach out to a community that cares. Even then, if one was to draw attention, a prisoner’s integrity is so hoodwinked that the guard’s story of what may have happened reigns primacy and never…

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Rashid Attacked – Again: Texas Prison Officials Will Not Stop Us From Exposing Them To The Media

Rashid Attacked – Again: Texas Prison Officials Will Not Stop Us From Exposing Them To The Media

As dirty as they are, officials here at the Clements Unit maximum security prison (mainly high ranking staff) have gone to the extreme to, what seems to be, retaliate against Kevin “Rashid” Johnson and those who are helping him organize and report staff abuse. Most notably on March 7, 2017, I was moved from the Ad-Seg restriction pod and placed on the same pod as Rashid (5 cells down). This move stemmed from a false major disciplinary case (which was…

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Rashid attacked: Texas prison officials are punishing us for exposing their abusive ways to the media

Rashid attacked: Texas prison officials are punishing us for exposing their abusive ways to the media

I’ve been housed in solitary confinement at the Clements Unit maximum security prison since 2010. From the very first day I stepped foot in a cell here, I witnessed other prisoners being denied meals for days for little or no reason at all, beaten by roguish members of the cell extraction team under the direct orders of Major Clark and Sgt. Lance Mondragon, and a number of other foul acts previously carried on unknown to the media and the public….

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Open letter in response to the abuse and illegal confiscation of Kevin “Rashid” Johnsons media mail, legal mail, and personal property

Open letter in response to the abuse and illegal confiscation of Kevin “Rashid” Johnsons media mail, legal mail, and personal property

For the past several months there have been many attempts by prison officials to disrupt the efforts of me and Kevin Rashid Johnson, exposing them for killing and denying prisoners food, medical care and basic necessities. Normally, acts like these carry on without guards and medical staff being punished. This is due to the fact that prison officials have become accustomed to the prisoners turning a blind eye to what they see or are unaware of how to effectively bring…

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Unpaid Labor in Texas Prisons Is Modern-Day Slavery

Unpaid Labor in Texas Prisons Is Modern-Day Slavery

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has the biggest prison population in the United States (over 140,000 prisoners) and the most prisons of any state (over 100). It is also known for being one of the most self-sufficient and profitable prison systems in the nation, thanks to prison labor. Beef, pork, chicken and vegetables are raised, processed and harvested by prisoners. Soap and clothing items are manufactured through prison labor as well. Prisoners in Texas grow 24 different crops and…

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Texas prison workforce: A model of profit, modern slavery, and humiliation

Texas prison workforce: A model of profit, modern slavery, and humiliation

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 4 specifically abolishes slavery in all its functioning forms: “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the state trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” Well, to the contrary the United States Constitution, 13th Amendment allows slavery but under the guise “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place to their Jurisdiction.” Regardless…

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Give The Pigs Their Jobs Back: Resistance IS Key – The Passive Approach Just Isn’t Working In Texas Prisons

Give The Pigs Their Jobs Back: Resistance IS Key – The Passive Approach Just Isn’t Working In Texas Prisons

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has been operating as a money making business, run by corrupt wardens and administrative personnel, since the beginning of the 20th century. This revolving door style of bad actors in high places is no different than what we see in mainstream politics (notably the presidential campaign). Before one is elected; banquets are held, credentials are flashed, and promises are made to change the current state of the prison system – or in other…

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Believe it or not: Texas prisoners are finally resisting modern day slave labor

Believe it or not: Texas prisoners are finally resisting modern day slave labor

Whether you believe it or not! Some Texas prisoners have gone on a work strike and are proving that they can unite like prisoners in California and Alabama. The last time something this big happened in TDCJ was in the 70’s and 80’s when prison activist David Ruiz successfully filed multiple class action lawsuits that challenged these terrible conditions. This time the fuss is about fraudulent time credits that we are getting (called Good Time/Work Time) in exchange for our…

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