Benny Hernandez

Contributing Writer

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Prison Writers Staff2020-08-19T19:33:57-04:00Daily Survival, Editor's Choice|

The Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons Is Killing Us

Prisoners look upon the summer months in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) with dread and trepidation. For one is acutely aware that one may not survive another summer. Many do not. It is not uncommon for the temperature to [...]

By Benny Hernandez

Prison Writers Staff2020-07-16T08:26:08-04:00Daily Survival|

We Smoked K-2. I Barely Survived, He Didn’t.

I died that night. Twice. Later, I was told that when I arrived at the medical department I did not have a heartbeat and I had stopped breathing. I was clinically dead. But the medical staff at the Coffield Unit did not give up on me.

By Benny Hernandez