Letters from Family

These letters and emails were sent to the Texas Jail Project from the family and friends of inmates. They are reproduced with the author's permission, although some names have been changed.
May 16 2008

The Dallas County Jail medical maze

Letter to TJP from inmate family member, Dallas, 2008:

I would like to thank the Texas Jail Project for their help and support with getting my nephew medical care while in the Lew Sterett Justice Center in Dallas. He was having some medical problems and I did not know where to turn. I had called repeatedly to get him medical attention and they would see him but not treat the condition he was having problems with. They would just call him down to the nurse station and check his blood pressure and send him back.Read more

Oct 13 2007

My Son Survived a GEO Jail

Letter to TJP from mother of inmate:

My son was barely out of high school and it was a non-violent offense. He was in a private jail in Spur Texas owned by the Geo Group out of Florida. This was my first experience with jails of any kind and I couldn’t believe some of the things they pulled. It was like being in a foreign country where no one was accountable to you.Read more