TPI's last 2025 letter writing meeting Dec 17 @ 7pm cst! Meeting details and agenda: tpi-comms.tpride.org/archive If you are interested in writing to incarcerated persons, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meeting: Wed, Dec 3 @ 7pm CST! Details and agenda: tpi-comms.tpride.org/archive If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meeting Wed, Nov 19 @ 7pm CST! Meeting details and agenda: tpi-comms.tpride.org/archive If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work!

TPI's next letter writing meeting Wed Nov 5 @ 7pm cst! Meeting details and agenda can be found here: tpi-comms.tpride.org/archive If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meeting = Wed, Oct 1 @ 7pm central! Details + agenda here: tpi-comms.tpride.org/archive If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meeting Wed, Sep 17 @ 7pm CST! Meeting details and agenda: tpi-emails.tpride.org/emails/webvi.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, with others or on your own, here's a good opportunity to learn! Thanks all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meeting Wed, Aug 20 @ 7pm central! Meeting agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, alone or in a group, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meeting Wed Aug 6 @ 7pm central! Meeting details and agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons as a group or alone, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI publishes comment letters concerning deficient PREA audits @tdcj.bsky.social prisons. Hughes Unit has a history of excessive PREA violations, and has one of the top trans populations in TDCJ. Our PREA comment letters can be found under our blog PREA Issues topic: tpride.org/blog/categor...

Next letter writing meeting Jul 16 @ 7pm central! Details: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If you are interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

PREA audits of Texas prisons are atrocious, and it is clear that @tdcj.bsky.social manipulates the audits and auditors just go along. Recent TPI comments July 5: Huntsville Unit; July 11: Hightower Unit. Our blog has all comment letters under the PREA Issues topic: tpride.org/blog/categor...

TPI reports on deficient PREA audits of Texas prisons (@tdcj.bsky.social), such as today's for Goree Unit: tpride.org/blog/prison-.... All our PREA deficiency reports can be accessed here: tpride.org/blog/categor... The overview of issues at Goree is presented in Table 1, pictured here.

4/4 Absurdly, in @tdcj.bsky.social, this is the standard treatment of someone indicating suicidal ideation, only SOS designation requires no mental health monitoring, allowing the torture to go undocumented and unmonitored.

3/? Another form of torture @tdcj.bsky.social is euphemistically called SOS, which stands for security observation status. This is basically locking someone with only a paper robe generally in cold cell torture.

2/? That practice, which we continue to get complaints about even though the agency -- after claiming it wasn't against policy because there was no policy, ignoring the inhumanity of the treatment -- claimed it was no longer practiced.

1/? These issues are not limited to Rikers, but most likely happen in nearly every prison and jail. In Texas prisons (@tdcj.bsky.social), one practice includes locking people in 3 x 3 foot cages for days at a time.

Good blog post about the erasure of trans persons in carceral facilities. solitarywatch.org/2025/06/26/b...

Still time to submit affirming queer/trans pride videos for family in prisons & jails: #prideinside! Submit short positive message for folks inside, email to [email protected] or upload to docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...! More info and next prison letter meeting agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso...

Seeking affirming queer/trans pride video messages for family inside prisons & jails for our #prideinside campaign! Shoot 15-sec max positive message for folks inside, post and email to [email protected], or upload to forms.gle/xZbR4E3GzSeq...! Detailed instructions here: tpride.org/emails/pride...

TPI's next letter writing meeting May 7 @ 7pm cst! Agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI's next letter writing meet April 16 @ 7pm CST! Agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Everyone is welcome. Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI next letter writing meeting Apr 2 @ 7pm CST! Details and agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

Next letter writing Mar 19 @ 7pm central: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If you are interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

Next letter writing meeting Mar 5 @ 7pm central! Details and agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

Our next letter writing meeting Feb 5 @ 7pm central! Details & agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

Next letter writing: Feb 5 @ 7pm central! Here for deets: tpride.org/emails/priso.... Whether writing for us or others, join us for community and solidarity with prisoner support and abolition discussion! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

Happy New Year! Next letter writing meeting Jan 15 @ 7pm central! See agenda: tpride.org/emails/priso.... If interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a different group or solo, you are welcome to join us! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!

TPI’s next prison letter writing meeting will be December 18, 2024 @ 7pm central! Meeting details and agenda can be found here: tpride.org/emails/priso....

Next prison letter writing meeting Dec 4 @ 7pm central! tpride.org/emails/priso.... If you are interested in writing to incarcerated persons, whether with a group or on your own, this is a good opportunity to learn with others! Thanks to all who help with this work, with us or anyone else!