On April 11, 2014 I wrote and subsequently sent out for publication an article titled “Texas Prison Officials and Medical Staff Kill Prisoners and Move to Silence Witnesses.” ((This article can be read at rashidmod.com; and was also published in … Read the rest
For the Nonbelievers
How a society treats its prisoners not only reflects its level of civilization, but also reveals the true character and workings of its overall political system, despite how its proponents might portray it–which is certainly true of … Read the rest
It’s the evening of April 11, 2014. Another prisoner down the tier, Romero Finley, was just taken out of the unit on a gurney, by several guards and a nurse. Finley was suffering one of several recent grand mal seizures, … Read the rest
As was the focus of a recent article ((Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, “U.S. Prison Practices would Disgrace A Nation of Savages Texas. A Case on Record” (2013) )), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has been recognized … Read the rest
Outside support activists have learned of another Texas prisoner dead, due to a combination of guard brutality and medical neglect.
For three consecutive nights medical staff were summoned to the cell of Christopher Woolverton, at the Clements Unit in Amarillo, … Read the rest
Much has been written of late on the torturous effects and wide-scale use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and the fact that this torture causes mental pain and suffering, and in many cases psychosis. Not much has been … Read the rest
As I sit writing this a lieutenant Deward Demoss passes my cell making segregation rounds. Further down the tier he exchanges words with another prisoner, then yells down to two unit guards, “make sure cell 118 doesn’t eat today.” … Read the rest
I was flown here to Texas on Jun 14. The day after I’d talked to [my lawyer] and wasn’t set for another call for several weeks. It was all timed and premeditated to carry out foul designs.
First I was … Read the rest