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"Re: The routine of inmates from one wing of a prison unit that's been under lockdown for over 3-months and how they're coping."

Photo of George Escamilla

A poem by George K.L. Smith.

"True story and my lifes consequences"

"This is a letter to bring forth the awareness of the awful conditions of T.D.C.J. inmates have to currently endure."

Photo of James McGuff and a woman

Photo of James McGuff

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,…

A recording of Jennifer Toon reading a memorial she wrote for her friend, Anne Smith, who died of Covid-19 of July 29, 2020. This recording was created as part of the Mourning Our Losses vigil on October 8th, 2020.The memorial was originally…