Trash bags are the Swiss Army knife of prison life. From tablet mounts to laundry lines to makeshift ovens, one sheet of plastic can become almost anything. In this first installment of #InmateIngenuity, Ray Corona shares the everyday creativity that helps people behind bars survive a world built with almost none of the tools the rest of us take for granted.
Summer in many prisons can be unbearable, as very few have any temperature control or much ventilation, and staff do little to...
Texas prisons are not cool 'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone We're setting fire to our insides for...
Help is on the way for vulnerable Texas prison inmates suffering through summer heat By Gabrielle Banks Updated 7:00 pm,...
The letter below is from a Texas prisoner. TDCJ does not pay any of their prisoners for work, so the only way they can purchase...
We have been asking our adoptees in TDCJ (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) how they are holding up under the Texas heat...