HELLO TO ALL, MY NAME IS BRIAN TUCKER, IM A 56 YR. OLD DOING A SENTENCE OF “LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE”. IM INCARCERATED IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS DIVISION. SO, NO MATTER WHERE IM HOUSED OR WHATEVER UNIT IM CLASSIFIED TO, I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CALL THIS HOME. I WAS RELEASED FROM ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION OR NOW SINCE THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO RESTRICTIVE HOUSING. I WAS PLACED INTO SEGREGATION FOR AN ESCAPE, THAT HAPPENED FROM THE COUNTY JAIL. A SECURITY PRECATION DESIGNATOR (ES) WAS PLACED ON ME AND I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND THE NEXT 10 YEARS LOCKED AWAY IN A CAGE. I ONLY DID 9 YEARS 6 MONTHS ONLY FOR THE REASON THAT A GROUP OF US ON THE DARRINGTON, NOW MEMORIAL UNIT PARTICIPATED IN A HUNGER STRIKE. AFTER 14 DAYS WITHOUT EATING, I WAS SENT CLOSER TO HOME. I WAS THERE FOR 2 WEEKS WHEN THE DIRECTOR OVER CLASSIFICATIONS RELEASED ME TO AN TRANSITION PROGRAM ON THE RAMSEY UNIT. WHILE I WAS IN SEGREGATION I STARTED WORKING ON MY APPEAL. AND ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 I FILED IT. I WORKED AND STUDIED THE CRIMINAL LAW EVERYDAY. I WAS IN THE APPEAL COURTS FOR ALMOST 5 YEARS. BUT DARRINGTON AND RAMSEY UNITS HELD MY LEGAL MAIL FROM ME FOR 5 ½ MONTHS. RESULTING IN GETTING ME KICKED OUT OF COURTS. SO, MY TRANSITION GOING TO POPULATION STARTED ON THE WRONG FOOT. AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS CAGED UP, I WAS THROWN STRAIGHT INTO A CELL WITH SOMEONE ELSE. LOOKS LIKE THE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE ATLEAST LET ME GET USE TO BEING AROUND OTHERS. IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE I COULD ACTUALLY GET SOME SLEEP. I’VE BEEN OUT OF SEGREGATION FOR OVER A YEAR AND I’M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE HAVING SOMEONE IN THE CELL WITH ME. I LEARNED DIFFERENT COPING SKILLS AND TO THIS DAY IM STILL HAVING TO USE THEM. I HAVE DONE TIME IN POPULATION, BUT IT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SEEMS LIKE THE WORD RESPECT NO LONGER EXIST. HALF OF THESE YOUNGSTERS CANT EVEN DEFINE RESPECT. SO FAR MY OPINION ABOUT POPULATION WOULD BE ONE GOOD DEFINITION - “OUT OF CONTROL”. THERES DAYS AND NIGHTS THAT I WISH I WAS STILL IN SEGREGATION. I ENDED UP REFUSING THE TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL REASONS. MY LINE CLASS WAS DROPPED AND MY CUSTODY LEVEL WAS CHANGE TO G-5 STATUS. IT’S BASICALLY THE SAME AS SEGREGATION EXCEPT NOW YOU ARE FORCED TO HAVE A CELLY. AND IF YOU DONT HAVE A GOOD CELLY TIME CAN BE BAD. THE FIRST CELLY I HAD WAS A NUT CASE. I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AT 2:15AM WITH HIM SITTING ON THE TOILET FULLY DRESSED, SHOES AND ALL. I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS ON HIS MIND, NO ANSWER. SO I STARTED PUTTING ON MY BOOTS AND HE GOT BACK IN BED. WHEN HE GOT UP FOR BREAKFAST I TOLD HIM ONE OF US HAD TO LEAVE, AND IT WASN’T GONNA BE ME. I SAID ONE OF US IS GONNA DIE UP IN HERE IF IT STAYED THE SAME. HE GAVE THE LAW A NOTE AND 5 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS A LT., SGT AND SEVERAL LAWS TELLING HIM HE WAS MOVING. I WAS TRANSFERED SHORTLY AFTER TO ROBERTSON UNIT. AFTER I SEEN UNIT CLASSIFICATIONS I WAS MOVED TO EIGHT BUILDING. WHEN I WALKED INTO THE CELL THE GUY WAS BOILING A BOWL OF WATER. THE WATER WAS A RUSTY COLOR. I SAID SURELY YOU’RE NOT GONNA DRINK THAT ARE YOU? HE TOLD ME HE WAS GONNA THROW IT IN THE SSI’S FACE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN PUTTING POISON IN HIS FOOD. I TOLD HIM TO SHOW ME WHICH ONE IT WAS. SO, I CALLED HIM TO THE CELL AND ASKED IF HE WAS PUTTING POISON IN MY CELLIES FOOD. HE TOLD ME HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW HIM. SO I STARTED TRADING MY TRAY FOR HIS. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, THEN ONE DAY HE SAID HE WAS GONNA BE MOVED. I ASKED HIM WHY. HE TOLD ME FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS THAT HE WOULD MOVE AROUND EVERY TWO MONTHS. I TALKED HIM OUT OF IT. THEN A WEEK LATER HE BLAMED ME FOR THROWING SOMETHING ON HIS BED, AND IT WAS MAKING HIM ITCH. HE ENDED UP CATCHING OUT. I TOLD MYSELF, IF POPULATION IS FULL OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS PUT ME BACK INTO SEGREGATION. ONCE I GOT TO ROBERTSON UNIT, THE CHAIN OFFICER HELD ALL MY PROPERTY FOR 16 DAYS. I FILED STEP 1 GRIEVANCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION FOR SEVERAL THINGS INCLUDING MEDICAL DENYING TREATMENT, IN WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT. I SENT A LETTER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MR. MARTINEZ AND TOLD HIM I WAS ABOUT TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE. TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS TRANSFERED BACK TO HUNTSVILLE TO THE ESTELLE UNIT.