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Title A name given to the resource Covid and K-2 Pandemic Description An account of the resource "A sound description of my experience with COVID-19 and K-2 while incarcerated" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roberto Vasquez, Jr. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ibparchive.texasafterviolence.org/items/show/165" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Books Project Archive</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Inside Books Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource illustration, testimony Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ibp00010 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America -- United States -- Texas -- Polk County -- Livingston -- Allan B. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celeste Johnson Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Texas After Violence Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01 August 2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource mixed Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context tav20009 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America -- United States -- Texas -- Corryell County -- Gatesville -- Christina Melton Crain Unit Crain Unit https://shelteringjustice.texasafterviolence.org/files/original/0396daa7288cb8c7c7ea848c92c04d0d.jpg c9e51ea534954f89e7018d0b46aa5d27 https://shelteringjustice.texasafterviolence.org/files/original/e8cebe50f1e06eb2b42dff91ef447a28.jpg 0f9b4f81a6aa7d189590bd5c9e5ecdc8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spending My Childhood in Prison Description An account of the resource "This is me spending my youth in prison for a crime I did young. I came to prison 21 with 50 years for agg. robbery never in life has I had to deal with anything covid-19 it's a very hard struggle everything is scary and you don't no what you may deal with on a daily. It's very hard with everything on a stand still limit classes, rec, work, school, church. I will make it." 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sheltering Justice Interviews Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Texas After Violence Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 2020 - present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Player html for embedded player to stream video content Vimeo Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Murphy Anne Carter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Jennifer Toon Location The location of the interview Remote Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data mp4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:16:23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Jennifer Toon Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jennifer Toon Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Texas After Violence Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08 July 2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0<br /><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What does this mean?</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource interview Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context tav00101 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America--United States--Texas Description An account of the resource Jennifer Toon is a journalist from East Texas with 27 years of system involvement. She wrote for the state prison newspaper, The Echo, for over ten years, and as a freelance writer she has published work with The Texas Observer, The Marshall Project, and the Guardian. In this interview, Toon offers a personal perspective on how her lived experiences influence her current journalism and advocacy. She discusses how important it is for peer support to come from actual peers, highlighting the concept of “nothing for us without us.” The specific issues she touches on include nuances of the female experience behind bars, the familial community built during her years there, and the irreplaceable importance of maintaining connections to the outside while locked inside. Toon also outlines the most pressing objectives she hopes to highlight during COVID. She can speak directly to the ways that the virus has escalated injustices happening in prisons because of her close contact to many of those still incarcerated. (Line break) Despite the atrocities that she is regularly hearing and writing about, Toon offers the optimistic perspective that hardships can be shaped into tools to help self or others. In this interview, and throughout all her writings, Toon maintains positivity without denial of how severely problematic the system can be. Some of her articles, including ones discussed in this interview, can be found at https://muckrack.com/jennifer-toon/articles. 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Title A name given to the resource Sheltering Justice Interviews Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Texas After Violence Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 2020 - present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Player html for embedded player to stream video content Vimeo Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Murphy Anne Carter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Kirsten Ricketts Location The location of the interview Remote Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data mp4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:10:28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Kirsten Ricketts Description An account of the resource Kirsten Ricketts is an incarcerated rights advocate with a loved one on the inside. As a formerly incarcerated person herself, she deeply understands the abuse and injustices that incarcerated people face on the inside and in the free world. Using her previous experience, Kirsten created a transitional living facility for recently freed women where she helps them gain job experience all the while providing a safe space for them to re-enter society. In this interview, Kirsten speaks on her own personal calling to continue to advocate for just treatment inside Texas prisons, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Additionally, she speaks about her husband’s and her own experience in Texas prisons and the challenges she has faced with recidivism and the struggle to re-enter society. Kirsten finds hope in her Christian faith and working in prison ministries and urges free people to know and understand the injustices that incarcerated people face everyday. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource IBP, people incarcerated in TDCJ Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Inside Books Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 2020 - present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tortured Human Description An account of the resource "Life experiences as a tortured human in prolong isolation/ AdSeg/Restricted Housing/Sheltered Housing- all the same with different names." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roger Uvalle Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ibparchive.texasafterviolence.org/items/show/162" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Books Project Archive</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Inside Books Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 30, 2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource testimony Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ibp00007 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America--United States--Texas--Anderson County--Tennessee Colony--Mark W. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] 6-17-20 Life in prison is hard as it is, you know, away from your family, kids, and the things you like or love, truth we all did something to be in the situation we are, but when I sing for my time it did not say that, I was to work under extreamed conditions. I spended the mayority of my centense working in the kitches of TDCJ, firs Plane State, then Lockhart and Crain Unit (valley) When I was at County jail I heard stories about Prision and they were all crazy, but nobody ever told me about the Kitchen, after two months at the Plane State unit I was send to work at the kitchen and my first reaction was that of horror the condition of the place, holes in the walls, more that 5 inmates working the same area, no PPE (no gloves, sleeves, boots aprons etc.) The first day I was working at the Pots and Pans area, where you whas (are) [Page 2] to wash big quantities of dirty stuff with only Gentel (soap) takes forever to remove burn stuff and you dont get to use gloves at the beginning of the day they provide you with a disposable hair-net wich they want you to use for at least 2 weeks (grosse), there is roches all around arround the place, and they dont care how you cook the food, it just needs to be done No condiments. You’re only aloud to 20 minutes to eat all your food and only one 8 oz cup or whatever the drink is, because of the lack of chemicals, the dishes are dirty most of the time. When is summer time you wor under the Heat, no AC, no rest. I remenver geting out with my clothes all sticking to my body. After 2 months I got move to Lockhart, whe all is better, and where I learned about safety and P.P.E they give me the right training [Page 3] wich I never recived at Plane. I was provided with a apron and disposable hair net, ruber boots and a place where I could take a brake if I need it, whater and ice where always accesible to Inmates safety and sanitation are priority at Lockhart, the nex day I showup to work one of the officers noticed that I take my hair net from my pocket, He ask where there I get it from? I told him – from here, yesterday. He laugh out loud and told me, -Girl, you are not at plane no more, you get a new one every day, is unsanitary to use the same one (drawing of a shocked face), After one month I was made a cook and I was properly trained for the job, provided with the right P.P.E. and equipment to work. I justo cook for 1,700 people, wich means if it was oven chicken day, we would bake 1,700 pices of chicken # 50 #s of Rice, 50 #s of beans [Page 4] enough vegetables an bread for the whole unit, and thank God, condiments (smiley face). I wanted to pointout that working for 1,700 people I never got hurt never. After 7-8 months I was moved to Crain (Valley) where again was placed at the Kitchen as a cook, I was give some papers to sign and told, if I ever still, or got caugh bullshiting arround I was going to get paper in my life, the nex day I was send to the grille to make pancakes my “boss” was arguing about some-thing, so I was waiting for P.P.E. so when I ask for it I wase provided wit a disposable hair-net and told that I have to keep it for at least twoo weeks, then I ask for sleevs and gloves, and my “boss” just turned arround and laugh out loud, then turnd arround and told me, “Girl this is not Hells Kitchen” [Page 5] for equipment, I was provided with a 4oz spoodle, a pitcher and a spatula, when time come to cook lunch, I was face with the metter that steam ketles did not work rotating oven didn’t work, and I was to used a small tiltskilet to cook the whole meal, at Crain our boss, sits at the office and talks on the phone or sleep or jus seat and talk with other offenders, people walks all arround the cooks floor, you are told to wash your hands but no body makes sure you do, the flor is always dirty and weth, the trash can is like 5 feet away from the cooks area, at this time the dish and pot room were working but a year after the dish room stoped working and dishes were whashed two feet away from the oven and tiltskilet and then I got my first burn, because is 3 people doing dishes and 3 cook all together [Page 6] in and area at like 2 feel l long and twoo feet wide, about two months late the potroom broked too so, pots, pans, and dishes were wash at the cooks flor (they still do it that way after 4 years, the restroom drain is constantly mess up ando so is the maind drain wich mean, the water comes back-up and there is days where you we cooked ond dirty standin water and we have to keep on cooking like that, with the bad smel and the dirty water getting in our shoes, mantainess takes ther sweet time to come to fix things at this time at Valley Unit dishroom, potroom are out of service, 2 out of 3 steamkettles are out of service, the stack and rotating oven half work and, water comes back if you use the potroom, the is always standin water in the dishroom, dishes are some time washe inside [Page 7] barrells. Peces of cilling are falling of costantly, the back dock dont work, we dont get enoug slope barrell and there is only 2 mops to use for cooks floor, general use and floor, the restroom has its own mop though. because there is not hot water at the sink on cooks floor we boiled water in one of the steamed ketles, you have at least 3 cases of acxidents with hot water, for last year ACA checkup TDC spend bunch of money on paint, yup paint if you vicit TDCJ (Crain) you’ll see all over the place Prea and A.C.A. signs. We repaint the walls and sume of the bunks, but issues like drains and non working equipment are still a problem and this is just half of the things that happened in this kitchens I will write more if people shows interest and if they don Im still going to try to put the true colos of TDCJ out for [Page 8] public. ELLA. PS: I am from Austin Texas and once I get out I would like to be part of all kinds of organizations that are fighting for prisoner's rights Note: Ingles is not my first language, so you'll find a bunch of mistakes but I would appreciate is someone could correct my work or just put it out like that. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kitchen, or Hell? Description An account of the resource "To work in a kitchen in prison is a worst nightmare." "Note: Ingles is not my first language, so you'll find a bunch of mistakes but I would appreciate is someone could correct my work or just put it out like that." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniela Salazar "In God's will I'll be out by September 2020, I would like to work next to people whom fight for us inmates. As an inmate, I have endless stories, experiences, comments, opinions, etc. etc. to say out loud. My name is Daniela Salazar #1974749. ps Whom ever is interested in what I have to say please write. <3 Ella" "PS: I am from Austin Texas and once I get out I would like to be part of all kinds of organizations that are fighting for prisoner's rights" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ibparchive.texasafterviolence.org/items/show/160" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Books Project Archive</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Inside Books Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 17, 2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource testimony Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ibp00005 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America--United States--Texas