Inside Books Project Archive

Title

Inside Books Project Archive

Description

Collection of materials submitted to the Inside Books Project in response to the Sheltering Justice call for submission. All items are from currently incarcerated patrons of IBP's free book services.

Creator

IBP, people incarcerated in TDCJ

Source

Inside Books Project

Date

May 2020 - present

Rights

These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Language

English, Spanish

Collection Items

Letter from Lily Archuleta
A letter from Lily Archuleta to Texas After Violence Project and the Inside Books Project Archive. Lily describes her experience contracting Covid-19 in a Texas prison, dealing with isolation during her illness, and lack of of visitation with her…

"Justice is a Lie"
"Poem to show that (JUSTICE IS A LIE) Because Governments, Polices, Politician use the law as a [?] to scheme and pervent the law and hide behind the law the same law you suppose to uphold you are caught breaking the same laws?"

"Problems at Polunsky"
"This is a informative essay/Public Service Announcement/cry for help regard the issues of COVID era Polunsky Unit and how to fix the trapped cooped up in the cell prolem."

"Data Manipulation by Prison"
"Testimony: COVID-19 response on Wynne Unit"

"Helpless During a Pandemic"
"I would like people to know what we are going through during a pandemic while incarcerated."

"Our Pandemic"
"The pandemic has changed a lot of things but won't change human nature."

"A Broken System"
"To many times we are FORCED to Act innappropriatly to get a Ear to Listen and the Medicol and few officers would Rather Lie than Really Help

"A Letter and a Poem"
"Just wanted to tell you how life is in here, how I cope and make it through each day. How to stay busy, and think, and be healthy."

"Innocence Lost" and "Togetherness for the pandemic"
"True story and my lifes consequences"

Social Distancing is a Joke
"Workers must violate social distancing in the kitchen then return to wings all over the prison. Covid-19 prevention is a joke at Allred Unit."
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