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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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Life on the Island: Connally Unit Guards Use Unsanitary Showers as Respite Areas

Life on the Island: Connally Unit Guards Use Unsanitary Showers as Respite Areas

Life on the Island: Connally Unit guards use unsanitary showers as respite areas By Jason Renard Walker, 7 August 2022 Administrative staff and ranking guards at the Connally Unit are allowing guards to use a dark unsanitary shower as a respite area for medium custody prisoners housing in 8 Building’s J-Pod, commonly known as “the island”. On August 6 2022, during 1st shift, a Hispanic-looking male guard approached me and my cellmate. We were told the respite area is a…

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PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AGAINST THE PRISON MURDER SQUAD HIERARCHY

PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AGAINST THE PRISON MURDER SQUAD HIERARCHY

By Jason Renard Walker Introduction The purpose of this report is to inform prisoners living in Polunsky Unit’s death row and ad-seg cell blocks on ways to protect themselves and their property against Polunsky’s deadly cell extraction teams and silent partners, that use their job titles to assist in the cover ups. I’ve also listed the known actors and usual suspects that, I learned, make up a small piece of the administration’s murder squad hierarchy. This is being done in…

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Was the escape of Texas prisoner with ties to drug cartel an inside job?

Was the escape of Texas prisoner with ties to drug cartel an inside job?

By Jason Renard Walker Another Texas prisoner managed to escape a TDCJ transportation bus, while being escorted from Hughes Unit to a medical appointment, May 12 2022. According to TDCJ’s spokesman, Robert Hurst, this prisoner, who was in solitary confinement at the time, managed to board the bus with a weapon; break out of his full body arm/leg restraints; break through the door separating him and the drivers, who are armed with guns; stab one in the hand; take control…

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Staff Calls Close Custody Prisoners’ Death A Homicide

Staff Calls Close Custody Prisoners’ Death A Homicide

By Jason Renard Walker, NABPP Minister of Labor Prison investigators have labeled the death of a Clements Unit prisoner, a homicide. A Hispanic prisoner was found dead in the 3 building close custody wings, A-pod, cell 72 on the morning of April 13, 2020. Making it the first reported Clements Unit murder of the year. Unverified accounts from witnesses state that the dead man’s cellmate flagged staff to the body, after being in the cell with it for several days….

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