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The Contradiction, The Lie And The Scapegoated Black Guards

The Contradiction, The Lie And The Scapegoated Black Guards

By Jason Renard Walker Following a call to action I circulated in effort to get my confiscated legal materiel back, some readers filed an ombudsman complaint. On October 2 2025 three women from the ombudsman office came to the prison to visit me. Instead of there being an investigation to determine why everything was illegally confiscated in violation of AD 03.72 and why my legal property wasn’t documented as being confiscated, a coverup ensued.  A friend who spoke to several…

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Societal Control: The Real Stanford Prison Experiment 

Societal Control: The Real Stanford Prison Experiment 

By Jason Renard Walker  INTRODUCTION  The abuse of authority within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is simply the most primal example of how state power can be abused in a police state. That’s because a prison is nothing more than a guinea pig for establishing absolute control over a society. It is the nucleus through which a repressive regime gains military currency that can be violently spent in America and abroad.  The control tactics used in the ‘free…

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Partners In Crime: Husband And Wife Caught Using TDCJ Records And Securus Technologies Data To Steal Users Money And Identity 

Partners In Crime: Husband And Wife Caught Using TDCJ Records And Securus Technologies Data To Steal Users Money And Identity 

By Jason Renard Walker Former TDCJ Program Supervisor VI John Morris Hastings and his wife, Ashley Lauren Hastings, were arrested and charged in Huntsville Texas, on June 9 2025 with 15 counts of: forgery, counterfeiting private documents, fraud, and identity info theft over $25,000, but less than $100,000 per each of those 13 counts.  Mr Hastings was employed at the Wynn unit as a reentry staffer, whose department gives him access to the names and social security numbers of TDCJ…

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The TDCJ Captain Arrested For Organized Crime Conspired With Her Cronies To Kill Me At The Telford Unit

The TDCJ Captain Arrested For Organized Crime Conspired With Her Cronies To Kill Me At The Telford Unit

By Jason Renard Walker Former Telford unit captain, Jessica Nichole Ricks and 6 other staff were arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime on April 9 2025.(1) On April 17 2025 TDCJ News reported that 9 Telford unit inmates were also charged, in connection, with: possession of prohibited items, money laundering, bribery, and organized crime, as part of a larger investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies.  Ricks was a captain at the Telford unit as far back as 2018…

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One Prisoner Overdosed, Others Go Bonkers After Sampling Powledge Unit’s ‘Mystery Dope’ 

One Prisoner Overdosed, Others Go Bonkers After Sampling Powledge Unit’s ‘Mystery Dope’ 

By Jason Renard Walker  Paper saturated in, what was supposed to have been, K2 found its way onto the Powledge unit’s trusty camp in the month of September 2024. Witnesses say a group of trusties smoking a new batch immediately began screaming, acting abnormal and attacking each other, shortly after getting high. This caused prisoners in the vicinity to run off to avoid being injured.  As one prisoner fled the pandemonium, officer Conway sprayed him in the face with pepper…

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SECURUS SCAM

SECURUS SCAM

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…

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TDCJ BODY CAMERA ROLLOUT

TDCJ BODY CAMERA ROLLOUT

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…

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TDCJ DIGITAL MAIL RULE UPDATE

TDCJ DIGITAL MAIL RULE UPDATE

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….

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Increased Violence Prompts State Wide Prison Lockdown: The Texas Department Of Criminal Justice In Words And Prophecy

Increased Violence Prompts State Wide Prison Lockdown: The Texas Department Of Criminal Justice In Words And Prophecy

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…

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New TDCJ Digital Mail Center Further Separates Prisoners From Their Loved Ones, While Promoting Violence And Staff Corruption

New TDCJ Digital Mail Center Further Separates Prisoners From Their Loved Ones, While Promoting Violence And Staff Corruption

By Jason Renard Walker Starting July 17 2023 general mail from the public to Texas prisoners will have to be sent to their new digital mail processing center. From there it will be read,scanned and digitally sent to the prisoners securus tablet within three business days. There is no limit on the amount of mail that can be sent to prisoners through this route. Any sender that wishes to have their own photos,greeting cards and mail sent back to them…

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