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"Life experiences as a tortured human in prolong isolation/ AdSeg/Restricted Housing/Sheltered Housing- all the same with different names."

"Testimony: COVID-19 response on Wynne Unit"

"I wrote this while under medical lockdown due to the corona-virus epidemic after hearing the struggles many people 'outside the walls' were having with the whole being quarantined in their houses. I felt the world got a small idea of what it's like…

"Covid-19: A prisoner's perspective"

These documents detail a series of communications between an incarcerated trans woman, Juanita,, the Transgender Pride Initiative (TPI) President Nell Gaither, and the PREA Ombudsman Lynne Sharp. TPI assisted Juanita in gaining access to the full…

Installation of censorship documents and art at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. Installed as part of the Texas Advocates for Justice #kNOwMORE2017 event, a state-wide gathering of individuals whose lived experiences include incarceration,…

TDCJ censorship form on the grounds that "(c) It contains material that a reasonable person would constitute as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through offender disruption such…

TDCJ denial form for "Inside Books Project Newsletter Summer 2016"
(c) It contains material that a reasonable person would constitute as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons…

TDCJ denial form for "Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag," by Armando Valladares.

"(d) a specific determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to offender's rehabilitation, because it would encourage deviant…

Denial form for "Dessa Rose" by Sherley A Williams because "(d) a specific determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to offender's rehabilitation, because it would encourage deviant criminal sexual behavior"

Mail-room…

Denial form for "Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Graphic Adaptation" by Seymour Chwast due to "sexually explicit images." Patron requested appeal.

Denial form for “Exiles” by Alex Nevada-Lee. Banned because “(c) It contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through offender…

TDCJ denial form for "Meridian" by Alice Walker.
(d) a specific determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to offender's rehabilitation, because it would encourage deviant criminal sexual behavior
Mail-room remarks: "sex with a…

Denial form for “Witchcraze” by Anne Barstow. Banned because "(f) It contains sexually explicit images". Mail-room remarks: "reason f: backcover contains sexually explicit images" .

TDCJ denial form for "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody. (d) a specific determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to offender's rehabilitation, because it would encourage deviant criminal sexual behavior.
Mail-room…

Denial Form for “Introduction to Sociology” by Anthony Giddens. Banned because “(f) It contains sexually explicit images". Mail-room remarks: "pg. 153 contains sexually explicit images".

Denial form for “Against All Hope” by Armando Valladares. Banned because "(d) A specific determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to offenders' rehabilitation, because it would encourage deviant criminal sexual behavior".…

Denial form for “The Alienist” by Caleb Carr. Banned because "(d) A specific determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to offenders' rehabilitation, because it would encourage deviant criminal sexual behavior". Mail-room…

Denial form for "Exile Nation" by Charles Shaw. Banned because “(c) It contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through…

Correspondence/contraband denial form for one page of mail on 2015/03/06.
Denied remarks: "1 Page - offender handling another offenders mail"
Received remarks: "1 Page Mailed"
Status: Destroyed, Non-Appealable