Legal battles support needed in Texas
I'm writing to you from a prison cell deep in the bowels of a Texas prison. Recently I reread your article "Texas Comrades Need to Step up" in the Sept/Oct 2016 issue of Under Lock & Key. It was well written and a much needed call to arms! One question I have for you though is "Have you ever been to Texas, and if so, have you been incarcerated here?" I ask this because I've traveled a lot and have found that most people who've never been here have a hard time understanding the typical Texan, much less the uneducated incarcerated Texan.
To understand Texas you first have to accept that we are programmed from birth to believe that communism is not only a bad thing, but one of the very worst. Communists aren't just the enemy, they are the boogeyman sent forth from the deepest, darkest depths of hell, by satan himself, to steal babies and rape our cows! There is no place on earth where the capitalists have been more successful at spreading their agenda than in Texas. The reason that most inmates in Texas are not doing those things you address in your article is because they do not believe in our cause. At heart they, most of them, are capitalists who only believe in "me", not "we". This, comrade, is the gist of all our problems.
Most of the people who receive Under Lock & Key only support your mission because it furthers their own self-interest of getting out of prison, or making their time easier. When someone has been taught to "not understand" their own best interests, how can one be expected to grasp what's right for the whole, much less fight for it? What to do about it? I'm still working on that one and will get back to you on it!
The main reason for this letter is to find out whether or not you have any specific caselaw that would help me with my 1983 that I'm in the process of drafting. First, I'd like to say that I completely understand that you must receive hundreds of letters each month from POWs requesting help. While I do not claim to be any more important than any of those individuals, I do believe that my situation is unique in its scope. I say this because I currently have the "standing" to challenge all of the criminal justice issues that your org. has taken a stand against, as well as quite a few other issues. But most importantly, is the vast amounts of evidence that I have compiled to support my claims.
A couple areas in which I'm seeking caselaw for are:1. The grievance system and denial of due process
2. The $100 medical copay. TDCJ charged me for a medical visit that clearly should have been exempt and has never given me the money back.
3. Good Time. Feds ruled that a state can't arbitrarily take good time so Texas created legislation that negates the good times worth.
4. Price gouging and profiteering. Texas uses free labor to manufacture products that it in turn sells on commissary for inflated prices that fare exceed the prices of similar products sold at freeworld retail stores.
There are a few more issues that I plan to file on but I'm sure you get the point. The help I seek is minor in comparison to the amount of good that my suit will generate for all those incarcerated in this country. Mostly I need help finding case law. Because they striped our law libraries of the Supreme Court Digest and I'm having a hard time finding what I need. Can you help with this? The topics listed above are my main concern. I would be grateful for any info or ideas you can provide. With that, I will end this here by saying "thank you!" for your time, consideration and the call to arms for Teas inmates. Some of us do truly think correctly. But only after having re-programed our own brains!
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