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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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Powledge Unit’s Unconstitutional Drug Detox Center

Powledge Unit’s Unconstitutional Drug Detox Center

By Jason Renard Walker In September of 2023, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) introduced its digital mail rollout program. This program requires that friends and family send all letters, greeting cards and photos to an address where it can be scanned and electronically sent to our securus tablets. Justification for implementing this policy, was due to the large amount of drugs that end up in Texas prisons state wide. Thus TDCJ foolishly suggested that stopping the public from…

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Rebecca Blue I Still See You

Rebecca Blue I Still See You

By Jason Renard Walker Let’s get one thing straight: I do not have a weird fetish for getting prison guards in trouble when they violate their own policies or Texas state law, nor do I give a fuck about what they doing on the side to earn extra money. I am obsessed with staying alive and surviving in an environment where employees here don’t give a fuck whether we receive basic health care, nutritious food, safety or the bare minimum…

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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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ANOTHER TEXAS PRISONER DEAD, ANOTHER COSTLY SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH

ANOTHER TEXAS PRISONER DEAD, ANOTHER COSTLY SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH

By Jason Renard Walker The sudden Death of Texas prisoner, Jackie Dewayne Wiley, raised many questions, provided few answers and became a financial burden to loved ones he left behind. At approximately 4:55pm on May 25 2024, an unresponsive Wiley laid strewn on the Hutchins unit dormitory floor as, according to witnesses, TDCJ staff provided sub par life saving measures, before placing his body on a gurney and hauling it to the infirmary. He was pronounced dead at 5:37pm. Wiley’s…

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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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Training Day: TEXAS PRISON STAFF TAUGHT GUARDS HOW TO COVER UP ASSAULTS BEFORE THEY BECAME POLICE OFFICERS

Training Day: TEXAS PRISON STAFF TAUGHT GUARDS HOW TO COVER UP ASSAULTS BEFORE THEY BECAME POLICE OFFICERS

BY Jason Renard Walker  OVERVIEW  The Ellis unit is more than just your typical prison within the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). It is a dream job for assaultive guards that are also aspiring police officers, and those wanting unlawful training in the profession of inflicting harm on innocent and unruly subjects.  Huntsville Texas is home to the Ellis unit as well as several other men’s prisons. This town is historically known as being a stomping…

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TEXAS PRISON GUARDS’ ATTEMPT TO MURDER HANDCUFFED PRISONER UNDERSCORES TDCJ’S STATEWIDE DEADLY USE OF FORCE SHENANIGANS

TEXAS PRISON GUARDS’ ATTEMPT TO MURDER HANDCUFFED PRISONER UNDERSCORES TDCJ’S STATEWIDE DEADLY USE OF FORCE SHENANIGANS

By Jason Renard Walker “This guy was just completely unresponsive, I mean, he’s out cold now and they’re just continuing to beat him” -Tim Nixon, Coffield unit prisoner that witnessed a mob of guards try to beat a handcuffed prisoner to death in solitary confinement The Offices Of Inspectors General (OIG) listed former TDCJ prison guard, Abayomi Ipoola, as a “sole suspect” in the Sept 5 2023 beatdown of Coffield unit prisoner Kiheem Grant, while a dozen other guards involved…

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POWLEDGE UNIT PRISONER FOUND DEAD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CELL, ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED AFTER HEART ATTACK

POWLEDGE UNIT PRISONER FOUND DEAD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CELL, ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED AFTER HEART ATTACK

By Jason Renard Walker One Powledge unit prisoner was found dead in his solitary confinement cell on New Year’s Day and another had to be hospitalized, following a near death heart attack. The deceased, who was identified by staff as Garrett, was previously housed in the unit’s 14 dorm before being placed on medical isolation, where he was ultimately found unresponsive a week or so later. Garrett is the second such person to be found dead in a Powledge unit…

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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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