MASSIVE COVID-19 TESTING CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN TEXAS PRISONS
By Jason Renard Walker, NABPP Minister of Labor Clements Unit prisoners in 3 Buildings’ close custody wings were awakened in the early morning of May 16, 2020, by the loud sounds of ranking guards telling them to get dressed and step out of their cells. Normally such mass invasions by staff mean cell searches and shakedowns. To our surprise, no shakedowns would be conducted, though a wealth of “free world” men and women donning hazmat-like garments, clipboards, hand sanitizer and…