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Title: Daddy's gone: Parenting from behind bars
Author: Kendall, Tracy Lee
Date: 2016-01-18
Pages: 2 pages
Text (TR_WF): by Tracy Lee Kendall 1/18/16 1--f[ of 2] Daddy's Gone--Parenting from behind Bars A crayon drawing (of Tracy) and a 3 sentence message (relayed through a third party) are the only things that Offender Tracy Lee Kendall has received from his son during 16 years of incarceration. And, like many fathers serving time in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Tracy has a strong sense of fatherhood, but feels a desperate helplessness to be a father. Tracy just wants to show his son love, ke...
PID: apw:12363027
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:40:53.905Z

Title: Glass-ice wax, pills, and blood: Reading the floor
Author: Kendall, Tracy Lee
Date: 2018
Pages: 15 pages
Text (O): Tracy Lee Kendall #[ID] Dorrington Unit (TDCJ) 59 Darrington Rd. Rosharon, TX 77583 Glass-Ice Wax, Pills, and Blood: Reading the Floor by Tracy Lee Kendall (2018) I stared into the glass-ice wax covering the floor. It was beautiful, although I feel empty for some reason when I describe it as such. Then, a correctional officer from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice began screaming at me to press my genitals up against the garage wall. This was in the late spring of 1999, when I arrived ...
PID: apw:12355347
Date Uploaded: 2019-01-21T21:23:15.121Z

Title: No greater blessing
Author: Punjabi Prince
Date: 2018
Pages: 1 page
Text (O): No Greater Blessing by Michael Manjeet Singh (CA) I am grateful that God blessed me by giving me my mom, Purnima Devi Singh. Why? Because at every step of my life, from before I can remember to now, my Mom always taught me how to function well and succeed, with people and in business. When I reflect on my life, I recall how she conducts herself in Business, in life, in interactions with people ,and how I emulated that throughout life. My mom came to America with only $50 in the 1970s and now ...
PID: apw:12356048
Date Uploaded: 2019-05-23T18:50:04.25Z

Title: One major source of stress in prison
Author: 1/2 Pint
Pages: 2 pages
State: Kansas
Text (TR): 1/2 Pint Kansas [NO TITLE] One major source of stress in prison is being placed in solitary confinement. I myself was in for at least a year. Solitary confinement is almost gaurnteeded to make you mentally ill if not suicidal due to the extremly noisy and filthy enviroment. I think the filth hurt me the worst due to the fact that I was NEVER given a shower the ENTIRE YEAR I was in solitary. My life has changed for the worst due to the fact that being in solitary cause be to be diagnosed with ...
PID: apw:12343381
Date Uploaded: 2016-10-18T01:21:33.876Z

Title: Sources of stress in prisons
Author: Agrawal, Shree
Pages: 13 pages
Text (TR_WF): Sources of Stress in Prisons There are an uncountable number of sources of stress in prison. The worst source of stress to prisoners is the unlawful policies and practices inflicted on them. These policies and practices are senseless and are designed solely to make life miserable for prisoners. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that prison regulations that infringe on the federal rights of prisoners must serve some legitimate purpose. Most prisoners want to serve their sentence in p...
PID: apw:12349807
Date Uploaded: 2018-03-15T20:36:11.049Z

Title: The corona chronicle part 2: More life and death
Author: Kendall, Tracy Lee
Date: 2020-04-15
Pages: 4 pages
Text (TR_WF): The Corona Chronicle Part 2: More Life and Death by Tracy Lee Kendall March 23, 2020: Normally, most prisoners move about in lines of 25. Today the lines are reduced to 10 as a preventative measure against COVID-19. We are also seated in the chow hall with an empty row between each occupied row for social distancing. For similar reasons, only 40 prisoners are allowed into chapel services, with 6 feet between each seat. Meanwhile, guards are spraying chemicals in cells and cubicles. March 24, ...
PID: apw:12360482
Date Uploaded: 2020-12-02T18:50:26.964Z

Title: This God-forsaken hell hole
Author: 1/2 Pint
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25, 2014-08-25
Pages: 2 pages
State: Kansas
Topics: Conditions in mental health unit
Text (TR): 1/2 Pint Kansas This God-Forsaken Hell hole. Here at the mental health unit in Lansing.corr.Fac. is like living in hell. For starters, the "unit team", will not answer Form-9's, will not allow you to access court when you need help, lie to you about why you are being move a into a multi-man cell, etc. The Guards themselves aren't any better. They don't open your door when you have to go to your mental health group, meals, callouts, etc. The guards scream & yell at...
PID: apw:303
Date Uploaded: 2015-09-16T18:23:29.839Z

Title: Titans in the road: Idealizing "justice," victim exploitation, victimizing taxpayers, and solutions
Author: Kendall, Tracy Lee
Date: 2016
Pages: 10 pages
Text (O): Tracy Lee Kendall [ID] Darrington Unit CTDCJJ 59 Darrington Rd. Rosharon, TX 77583   Titans in the Road: Idealizing "Justice," Victim Exploitation, Victimizing Taxpayers, and Solutions By Tracy Lee Kendall (2016)   Perhaps the biggest impediment to progress on the road of criminal justice (including prison) reform in Texas is that the prison system is too large to see. This problem exists because the average citizen does not have the time, or specialized knowledge required to analyz...
PID: apw:12355348
Date Uploaded: 2019-01-21T21:23:15.542Z

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