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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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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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