Here is a great piece about Johnny Cash and his work for prisoners and prison reform from BBC. Take note of the additional links and info about prison included in the right hand side bar of the article.
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Johnny Cash and His Work for Prison Reform
Posted: January 24, 2013 by Editor in About PrisonsTags: addiction, change, circumstances, freedom, inmates, prison, prison life
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Texas Prison TDCJ News: Court of Appeals Rules Against Prisons
Posted: July 31, 2012 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: 8th amendment, caution danger, dangerous conditions, eighth amendment rights, extreme caution, extreme temperature conditions, fifth circuit court, prison officials, prisoners rights, tdcj, texas prison
U.S. FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULES AGAINST PRISONS IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES CASE Appellate court finds extreme temperature conditions can violate 8th Amendment The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a Corpus Christi federal judge’s ruling dismissing a prisoners’ lawsuit claiming extreme temperatures violated his Eighth Amendment Rights. Lawyers for the Texas Civil Rights [...]
The 7 Greatest Prison Breaks
Posted: May 24, 2012 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: alcatraz, escape, prisons
Connie from Onlinepsychologydegree.net sent an article she thought the readers of this blog might be interested in. Thanks, Connie, let’s see what people think. I don’t know if I can say breaking out of prison is a good way to deal with incarceration, but it’s interesting stuff to read about.
Change is good – catching chain is not good
Posted: August 4, 2011 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: bold statement, bus rides, close quarters, crazy feeling, heat wave, inmates, old school style, prison life, racial tensions, state of texas, true fact
Well I now can say what is my least-favorite part of prison life. Catching chain for transport to another unit – God, seriously, it sucks. I left my old unit on Friday night and got here on Wednesday. In that time I stopped over at three different units. One is well known for being one [...]
4th of July – Celebration of Freedom for U.S.A.?
Posted: July 2, 2011 by Editor in About PrisonsTags: 4th of july, black men, civilized nations, disparities, heinous crimes, imprisonment, incarceration rates, insult, justice system, magnum, oppression, probation, slap
With the arrival of the 4th of July weekend, I find myself reflecting on the irony, for so many of us, of this celebration of freedom. Here we are, land of the free, home of the brave, proudly celebrating our freedom from tyranny and oppression – and so many of us will pass the holiday incarcerated, or [...]
A Note from the Editor
Posted: July 1, 2011 by Editor in About Prisons, Guest PostsTags: abuse, challenges, county jail, Jerry Welch, learning disabilities, life imprisonment, mental disabilities, teen life, william bush
My friend Debbra over at www.standbyjerry.com made this nice graphic for Texas Magnum today. Isn’t it cool? I ask any of you reading this blog to take a moment to visit www.standbyjerry.com and learn about Jerry Welch. Jerry, age 20, is facing trial and possible life imprisonment for the murder of a pedophile named William [...]
Life’s a beach?
Posted: May 12, 2011 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: alcohol, american dream, good friend, making money, mexico, oaxaca
I feel like I am running out of things to say. Sometimes I look around me at the other people I share this place with, and I don’t even want to write anything about being here. I am sick and tired of people who want to bully others because they are weaker or because they [...]
Getting clean the hard way
Posted: April 15, 2011 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: addiction, bad experience, bad news, cold turky, county jail, detoxing, drunks, fools, heroin, honesty, withdrawal
Maybe a few of you reading this blog stumbled on here when you were looking for information about heroin or addiction. Maybe you or one of your family members is struggling with some of the very same things that got me here in prison and you are looking for help. In one of my first posts [...]
Prison is a funny place.
Posted: February 8, 2011 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: attitude, choices, fellow inmates, freedom, pleasure
Prison is a funny place. You sit in here, day after day, imagining what it will feel like when you are released. We all make a list of things to do, when we are ”free”. Most mens’ list are a little like this: 1) Get laid 2) Eat a huge steak 3) Sleep in a comfortable bed Everyone’s list [...]
Life in prison – settling into the everyday routine
Posted: January 27, 2011 by Texas Magnum in About PrisonsTags: boredom, disappointment, grass, loneliness, music, prison, radios, segregation
So this is the real part of being in prison. It’s not the being scared of the unknown or the fear of losing freedom. It’s the knowing that you aren’t going anywhere, day after day after day. It’s being bored and stuck and trying to make the best of the bad result of your own [...]