Letters From Inside the Prison

When someone goes to prison, we don't expect it to be like attending a country club. The media often paints famous prisons like a stay at summer camp. The truth is that Texas prisons are FAR from any vacation. In fact, they are a business established to keep people in as long a possible and consider it a victory when someone returns.

These letters are written by those who have first-hand experience as a prisoner to the atrocities going on each day. They tell of inhumane treatment by those in charge to people that were entrusted to ensure basic rights as a human.

November 15th, 2019

In an article from C.U.R.E. (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants) they advocated for the repeal of the 13th Amendment, not because he endorsed the next round of slavery, but because it a...

November 8th, 2019

In my previous chapter I talked a little about the Texas prison system Correctional officers 1-5 or shift guards. ...

November 1st, 2019

It seems to me at times like everyone that works for the Texas prison system is mad, or feels it's their duty to act mad. ...

October 25th, 2019

As I look back and think of my past experiences in the Texas prison system, I can not help but wonder why no one has come forward and truly done something that would urge our state officials to make s...

October 18th, 2019

Sadly, I've heard dozens of reports during my incarceration of people who had their time miscalculated and had to jump through all kinds of hoops to get the credit for all of the time they've served....

October 11th, 2019

You've read in these very pages that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's grievance system is a joke, that it doesn't work, that there's never any kind of meaningful change as a result of the gr...

October 4th, 2019

Sometimes I wonder while sitting back and watching all of the madness transpire inside the Texas prison system, if anyone ever really considers what's going to become of the years ahead if there are n...

September 27th, 2019

As I began today, I’d like to welcome all of our wonderful guests and thank you for coming, but I’d like to especially recognize the mothers among us. I suspect that many sons feel the same way ab...

September 20th, 2019

When I was arrested in 2004, I was 34 years old. A lack of basic medicine and medical care has taken its toll....

September 13th, 2019

Sitting in the background watching the people in prison through the years has been quite entertaining, as well as frustrating. Believe me, the funniest reality show you could ever imagine should be fi...

September 6th, 2019

Throughout history in the Texas prison system the prisoners have been used for everything you can imagine. I’ve Written
 a lot about these things in some of my previous chapters, but
 the Steven...

August 30th, 2019

I was asked to tell another personal story about my life. As I have said before, I grew UP in a family that was anything but normal. Don’t get me wrong, my family has a lot of love for one another, ...

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Proceedings

The Attorneys
  • Francisco Hernandez
  • Daniel Hernandez
  • Phillip Hall
  • Rocio Martinez