Their Crimes, Our Punishment: TDCJ’s State-Wide Deadly Use of Force Cover-Ups
By Jason Renard Walker The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has a very secretive state-wide deadly use of force policy. This unwritten policy’s designs give guards the ability to beat and kill prisoners, while facing minimum, if any, punishment themselves. The Clements Unit in Amarillo, TX; Robertson Unit in Abilene, TX; Ferguson Unit in Midway, TX; Eastham Unit in Lovelady, TX; Telford Unit in New Boston, TX; Allred Unit in Iowa Park, TX; Ellis Unit in Huntsville, TX and Polunsky…