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Pride

colored pencil submission to Anarchist Black Cross, Austin

"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."

Tags: books, civil rights, class, commissary, covid-19, ESL, food, health, health-care, Hispanic, immigrant, kitchen, labor, library, medical, medical-care, mother, poetry, prison, school, Spanish-language, women's unit, work

Our Pandemic

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

Tags: African-American, covid-19, family, prison, Texas

Series of Poems

#1: The Broken System
#2: The Least
#3: "It's Like"
#4: The Way Forward
#5: Change
#6: A Day in Prison

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Series of poems
Spoken Word
Lyrical

"Thanks to a Friend"

Pen drawing of two transfemme people surrounded by books labeled "Happiness and Hope," L.G.B.T.Q," and "Thanks to a Friend." The draiwng also features recreational drugs, gender-affirming medication, a letter addressed to the artist, "C.C.", from the…

Tags: transfemme, prison art, books-to-prisons, penpals, prison reading, books, transgender

"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."

Covid 19 Runs Wild on the Stiles Unit

"Exposé about some of the conditions that allowed Covid 19 to spread so thoroughly/personal battle with Covid 19"

Tags: covid-19, prison, Texas

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."

Tags: ADA, age, Allred Unit, BIPAP Masks, civil rights, Contaminated Surfaces, COPD, covid-19, CPAP, elderly, food, Heat, justice, medical care, men's unit, mental health, Native America, parole, prison, Texas, work

Essay by Brian Fuller

Essay and letter from Brian Fuller on PTSD, Autism, Mental Illness, and Prison Corruption

Watercolor Reflections on PTSD

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Watercolor painting submitted as part of a series of reflections on creative expression, Autism awareness, mental health, coping, and trauma.

Creator description: "Please put all of [my works] on-line. One never knows what single phrase or piece…

Testimony, Book Request, ATTN Newsletter from Billy Thomas

Short testimony on mental health, disability, r*pe, and incarceration; book request; note to the newsletter.

Billy requested his address is shared for anyone interested in contacting him, particular for legal aid and support.
If you are…

"In Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising" essay by Alvaro Luna Hernandez

Essay commemorating the Attica prison uprising of September 9 - 13, 1971.

Alvaro invites contact from supporters. To find his current address, please visit https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/start and enter in his name and TDCJ number.…

"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?"