“Watch what they do to [name withheld] when they find out he selling they ass PCP” 

–Dissatisfied customer who overdosed on tobacco laced with PCP. 

By Jason Renard Walker 

Phencyclidine hydrochloride, most commonly known as PCP, has found its was into the Powledge unit. What once was thought of as a mystery dope turns out to be the more psychoactive PCP being sold as other similarly situated drugs that are soaked in paper and potpourri, like: K2, fentanyl, bath salt, and meth. It’s responsible for the death of a prisoner named Ray (who thought he was smoking K2) who died a week or so ago, and it has caused a spike in prisoner overdoses, 14.0 disciplinary cases (being under the influence) and cases involving prisoners losing their minds and posing a threat to staff. 

PCP is a drug sold in liquid form and is famously known for making the user feel invincibly strong, causing mad hallucinations and serious psychological disturbances. Users are known to stare into space for hours at a time, strip naked, attack anyone in their path, or leap to their deaths because they thought they could fly. Even one dose can result in irreversible mental health disorders, like psychosis and schizophrenia. 

What makes this epidemic at the Powledge unit far worse than in other drug-infested environments is that the circle of individuals responsible for getting the drug from the streets and into the prison, according to a valid source, are intentionally marketing it as K2. Under this fallacy, users are vaping and smoking lethal amounts of PCP, when it only takes a few puffs, under the notion it is synthetic marijuana. 

It is also being slipped to unknowing enemies and drug dealing competitors, as a tool of diabolical warfare to get them sent to restricted housing for possession or intoxication, and off the unit. 

So expect more deaths, more overdoses and more 14.0 disciplinary cases, because as long as this unit is operating under the leadership of an administration that is inclined to conceal their incompetency, the epidemic will only get worse. 

Jason Renard Walker 1532092 

Powledge unit 

PO Box 660400 

Dallas, Tx 75266

Jason Renard Walker is a prison journalist who has published articles and essays in various print and online media outlets since 2016. His work can be viewed at: www.jasonsprisonjournal.com You can also purchase his paperback book ‘Reports From Within The Belly Of The Beast: Torture And Injustice Inside Texas Department Of Criminal Justice’ available on amazon.com