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