texas prisons

Prison Writers Staff2020-05-07T17:06:10-04:00Daily Survival|

A Prison Writer On the Hundred Year Flood.

Texas has so many prisons its motto should be "The Gulag State" instead of The Lone Star State. After the 1990s decade of massive prison building, Texas' prison system grew from 27 units to 116 by 2000. The state lost 3 [...]

By Ed Lyon

Prison Writers Staff2020-04-03T11:37:23-04:00Daily Survival, Featured Article|

Texas Prisoners Take a Poll on Life in Prison

QUESTIONS: I polled 30 fellow prisoners with these 2 questions: a. “What’s the best thing that’s happened in prison?” b. “What’s the worst thing that’s happened in prison?”

By Tracy Lee Kendall

Prison Writers Staff2020-04-03T11:51:24-04:00Fellow Inmates|

Terminally Ill in Prison Get Support

Death stands in the path of all prisoners here with a chronic or terminal illness. It may step out of their way for a time, only to reappear a little later on.

By Tracy Lee Kendall

Prison Writers Staff2020-04-03T12:17:28-04:00Reform & Reentry|

A Prisoner’s Top 10 Ways To Improve Prison

Courtesty, Tracy Lee Kendall 1. Start looking at results. When prisoners are released and are successful and do not come back, see what is the same amongst them. Do not just write it as a statistic and stare at [...]