13-06-2005, 22:46
Uncensored from Texas Death Row by Clinton Young
May 28 to June 2, 2005
Greetings To All!
The last Uncensored article I wrote was pretty much all over the place. I
did get a little aggravated when I found out TDCJ guards were sending
hateful e-mail to Suzanne in relation to Richard. The main thing that pissed
me off was that it showed the guards were taking their job home with them,
which shows that they believe that they are helping Texas kill us! So that
makes it personal.
Awhile back I was coming back from visit. The female guard who was excorting
me asked me "Why do y'all hate us?"
I told her "First off, not all inmates hate you all. Some think they are
officers, too!" She laughed at the truthfulness of my statement.
I said "Though seriously it is like this. We are here to die. When it comes
time to go to the Walls Unit to be slaughtered, and the rank tells you to
help load me up in the van, you're gonna help."
Her reply was "First off, they don't ever ask me to help with that, and if
they did, I would not do it. I just work here."
I told her "I hear ya!"
Truthfully, it basically comes down to this. The officers are going to back
and support each other. Their motto that is on most officers hats is "We
take care of our own."
So convicts should look out for each other and support each other. Though
sadly this doesn't always happen.
If an officer gets assaulted, there have been times that other officers have
retaliated by assaulting the offender, though not always and it is rare that
the officers retaliate like that.
A lot of people don't understand the life behind these walls. In prison it
is an "only the strong survive" environment. Even some officers adhere to
this ideology
Just as a lot of people don't understand why myself, Richard and a few
others let the good squad pepper spray us and run in on us. I mean, they do
have a shield and riot protection gear on, helmets and pads! So it isn't
like the officers can get hurt that much. It is a show of resistance and
that we will not accept the pointless oppression.
One guy here asked me "Man why do you do that crazy shit?" This was after I
got gassed 4 times with a total of 20 ounces of pepper spray.
My reply was "well, I can't sky dive or bungee cord jump!" All joking aside,
it is a rush! There is a very large chance of the convict getting hurt.
There is a metal desk, metal bunk, plus the toilet. On top of that, you get
an average of 5 200 pound men running in on the person. So a thousand pounds
smashing a person up against a metal desk can result in s serious injury!
It does send the message that we are not afraid to go to an extreme to stand
up for something and that we aren't afraid to resist. Hell, my biological
father used to beat the hell out of me with 2 X 4 boards. So I damn sure am
not afraid of getting punched on or gassed. I treat others as they treat me.
There are a lot of stupid rules here. One of them is that our face is
supposed to be clean shaven. My thinking is I am here to die, why the hell
are they worried about me shaving?!
They say for security reasons! Ha! The real reason is they want to maintain
absolute control
Other prison and Death Rows across the nation let the convicts grow their
hair and beards. Some Death Rows allow convicts to have contact visits with
their loved ones.
Texas has the only Death Row in the United States that does have T.V.s.
We can have a radio. We used to have a lot of problems with the reception,
however, Major Nelson had them come in and fix the coax cable and all that
good stuff.
I spend a majority of my time on Level 2 and 3 so I hardly ever have a
radio. Only Level 1's can have a radio. So I naturally did not care too much
about the receptions. I mainly just mentioned it to thank Major Nelson for
getting the antenna fixed for those who do care about listening to the
radio.
If I am going to knock them when they do wrong, then I am going to give them
their prays whenthey do right!
I want to get off the subject of prison life and write about a few other
things that is interesting to me so that the readers can get to know me a
little better.
I get National Geographic and The Smithsonian magazines. The june issue for
both had King Tut, the ancient Pharaoh of Eqypt, on the cover. The story is
about them taking King Tut's body and doing a CT scan of his whole body.
They then constructed a model of what he looked like by using data from the
CT scan.
The readers can go to
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0...index.html and view
King Tut's Tomb and the model that was created of him. I do not know about
you all, but I think that is pretty neat, myself. I mean, you care looking
at the face of a man who lived 3,300 years ago! That is awesome.
I have always liked history and science. The way that the tombs and pyramids
were built is truly fascinating. I wish someone would go through all of that
trouble for me, when I die!
I am going to bring this one to a close today.
05/29/2005
Well, I am back. It is 3:13 a.m. and the breakfast cart just got on the pod.
I wonder what is in store for us today Most likely it is pancakes. They
serve pancakes like for or five times a weeks! They get real old, real fast!
Anyway, I was just re-reading an article that was in the May 26, 2005 copy
of the USA Today. On page 4!, it has a story about Priscilla Owens, The
Texas Supreme Court Justice who was confirmed to the US Court of Appeals for
the 5th Circuit who is known for being real tough on the death penalty.
The 5th Circuit court handles cases from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The United States Supreme Court has reversed a lot of the 5th Circuit's
rulings in Criminal cases and has found that the 5th Circuit imposes
improper standards.
Since President George W. Bush nominated her, that means the 5th Circuit
just got a whole lot worse! Even though Priscilla Owns has no record of
ruling on Criminal cases, because Texas has a separate court that deals with
Criminal appeals, which is the Court of Criminal Appeals, the fact that Bush
nominated her pretty much speaks for itself. As birds of a feather do flock
together.
I know that Richard was to post an article every week. My case is currently
in the state courts. Nothing has been ruled on yet. So I do not really have
that much to writ about as I do not want to be repetitive. I will be posting
articles by-weekly, Though I will have a few other people post article so
that one will appear every week!
Well, they just served breakfast and sue enough it was pancakes! We get 3
pancakes at a time and we get them an average of four time a week. So that
is twelve pancakes a week. So that is six hundred twenty four pancakes a
years. I have been here 2 years and 6 weeks so that means I have ate an
average of 1,320 pancakes since I came to death row! I am sick and tired of
freaking pancakes. Hopefully something decent will be given for lunch.
Due to budget cuts, we only get a dessert twice a week. It is up to the
prison Warden when those two days are. We get it on Saturday and Sundayt.
I stopped writing this for a few days. It is 06/02/2005. I made Level 1!
Nothing to be too happy about. I manly came to Level one so that I could
visit my wife more and get a few visits with people who are trying to help
me get off of death row.
From reading newspaper articles it seems Texas stands a good chance of
getting Life Without Parole as an option for juries. I am sure that will
drastically reduce the amount of death sentences in Texas. A step towards
progress.
I got to knock out a few letters. I am going to wrap this up.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Standing Tall, Fading All, Never Fall,
Clinton Young
#999447
Polunsky Unit
3872 FM 350 S.
Livingston, TX 77351
E-mail Clinton Young at chaos@1prison.com. Be sure to include your mailing
address because inmates don't have access to the internet.
http://www.1prison.com
May 28 to June 2, 2005
Greetings To All!
The last Uncensored article I wrote was pretty much all over the place. I
did get a little aggravated when I found out TDCJ guards were sending
hateful e-mail to Suzanne in relation to Richard. The main thing that pissed
me off was that it showed the guards were taking their job home with them,
which shows that they believe that they are helping Texas kill us! So that
makes it personal.
Awhile back I was coming back from visit. The female guard who was excorting
me asked me "Why do y'all hate us?"
I told her "First off, not all inmates hate you all. Some think they are
officers, too!" She laughed at the truthfulness of my statement.
I said "Though seriously it is like this. We are here to die. When it comes
time to go to the Walls Unit to be slaughtered, and the rank tells you to
help load me up in the van, you're gonna help."
Her reply was "First off, they don't ever ask me to help with that, and if
they did, I would not do it. I just work here."
I told her "I hear ya!"
Truthfully, it basically comes down to this. The officers are going to back
and support each other. Their motto that is on most officers hats is "We
take care of our own."
So convicts should look out for each other and support each other. Though
sadly this doesn't always happen.
If an officer gets assaulted, there have been times that other officers have
retaliated by assaulting the offender, though not always and it is rare that
the officers retaliate like that.
A lot of people don't understand the life behind these walls. In prison it
is an "only the strong survive" environment. Even some officers adhere to
this ideology
Just as a lot of people don't understand why myself, Richard and a few
others let the good squad pepper spray us and run in on us. I mean, they do
have a shield and riot protection gear on, helmets and pads! So it isn't
like the officers can get hurt that much. It is a show of resistance and
that we will not accept the pointless oppression.
One guy here asked me "Man why do you do that crazy shit?" This was after I
got gassed 4 times with a total of 20 ounces of pepper spray.
My reply was "well, I can't sky dive or bungee cord jump!" All joking aside,
it is a rush! There is a very large chance of the convict getting hurt.
There is a metal desk, metal bunk, plus the toilet. On top of that, you get
an average of 5 200 pound men running in on the person. So a thousand pounds
smashing a person up against a metal desk can result in s serious injury!
It does send the message that we are not afraid to go to an extreme to stand
up for something and that we aren't afraid to resist. Hell, my biological
father used to beat the hell out of me with 2 X 4 boards. So I damn sure am
not afraid of getting punched on or gassed. I treat others as they treat me.
There are a lot of stupid rules here. One of them is that our face is
supposed to be clean shaven. My thinking is I am here to die, why the hell
are they worried about me shaving?!
They say for security reasons! Ha! The real reason is they want to maintain
absolute control
Other prison and Death Rows across the nation let the convicts grow their
hair and beards. Some Death Rows allow convicts to have contact visits with
their loved ones.
Texas has the only Death Row in the United States that does have T.V.s.
We can have a radio. We used to have a lot of problems with the reception,
however, Major Nelson had them come in and fix the coax cable and all that
good stuff.
I spend a majority of my time on Level 2 and 3 so I hardly ever have a
radio. Only Level 1's can have a radio. So I naturally did not care too much
about the receptions. I mainly just mentioned it to thank Major Nelson for
getting the antenna fixed for those who do care about listening to the
radio.
If I am going to knock them when they do wrong, then I am going to give them
their prays whenthey do right!
I want to get off the subject of prison life and write about a few other
things that is interesting to me so that the readers can get to know me a
little better.
I get National Geographic and The Smithsonian magazines. The june issue for
both had King Tut, the ancient Pharaoh of Eqypt, on the cover. The story is
about them taking King Tut's body and doing a CT scan of his whole body.
They then constructed a model of what he looked like by using data from the
CT scan.
The readers can go to
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0...index.html and view
King Tut's Tomb and the model that was created of him. I do not know about
you all, but I think that is pretty neat, myself. I mean, you care looking
at the face of a man who lived 3,300 years ago! That is awesome.
I have always liked history and science. The way that the tombs and pyramids
were built is truly fascinating. I wish someone would go through all of that
trouble for me, when I die!
I am going to bring this one to a close today.
05/29/2005
Well, I am back. It is 3:13 a.m. and the breakfast cart just got on the pod.
I wonder what is in store for us today Most likely it is pancakes. They
serve pancakes like for or five times a weeks! They get real old, real fast!
Anyway, I was just re-reading an article that was in the May 26, 2005 copy
of the USA Today. On page 4!, it has a story about Priscilla Owens, The
Texas Supreme Court Justice who was confirmed to the US Court of Appeals for
the 5th Circuit who is known for being real tough on the death penalty.
The 5th Circuit court handles cases from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The United States Supreme Court has reversed a lot of the 5th Circuit's
rulings in Criminal cases and has found that the 5th Circuit imposes
improper standards.
Since President George W. Bush nominated her, that means the 5th Circuit
just got a whole lot worse! Even though Priscilla Owns has no record of
ruling on Criminal cases, because Texas has a separate court that deals with
Criminal appeals, which is the Court of Criminal Appeals, the fact that Bush
nominated her pretty much speaks for itself. As birds of a feather do flock
together.
I know that Richard was to post an article every week. My case is currently
in the state courts. Nothing has been ruled on yet. So I do not really have
that much to writ about as I do not want to be repetitive. I will be posting
articles by-weekly, Though I will have a few other people post article so
that one will appear every week!
Well, they just served breakfast and sue enough it was pancakes! We get 3
pancakes at a time and we get them an average of four time a week. So that
is twelve pancakes a week. So that is six hundred twenty four pancakes a
years. I have been here 2 years and 6 weeks so that means I have ate an
average of 1,320 pancakes since I came to death row! I am sick and tired of
freaking pancakes. Hopefully something decent will be given for lunch.
Due to budget cuts, we only get a dessert twice a week. It is up to the
prison Warden when those two days are. We get it on Saturday and Sundayt.
I stopped writing this for a few days. It is 06/02/2005. I made Level 1!
Nothing to be too happy about. I manly came to Level one so that I could
visit my wife more and get a few visits with people who are trying to help
me get off of death row.
From reading newspaper articles it seems Texas stands a good chance of
getting Life Without Parole as an option for juries. I am sure that will
drastically reduce the amount of death sentences in Texas. A step towards
progress.
I got to knock out a few letters. I am going to wrap this up.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Standing Tall, Fading All, Never Fall,
Clinton Young
#999447
Polunsky Unit
3872 FM 350 S.
Livingston, TX 77351
E-mail Clinton Young at chaos@1prison.com. Be sure to include your mailing
address because inmates don't have access to the internet.
http://www.1prison.com