WRITE TO THE PEOPLE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
Sometimes the best salve against the abyss of solitary confinement is a letter. Many of the people in solitary conditions express how much letters mean to them and look forward to mail each week.
To look up one of the people featured in this collection, simply insert their name in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search form provided in the link below.
https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch
From there, you’ll have the information needed to write to them by mail or online via Securus (https://securustech.online)
WRITE TO THE TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
PO Box 13084
Austin, Texas 78711
MEMBERS
Eric Nichols, Chair
(term expires 2/2027)
Faith Johnson, Vice-Chair
(term expires 2/2025)
Rodney Burrow, M.D., Secretary
(term expires 2/2027)
Molly Francis, Member
(term expires 2/2025)
Sichan Siv, Member
(term expires 2/2025)
Bill Welch, Member
(term expires 2/2029)
Nate Sprinkle, Member
(term expires 2/2029)
Sydney Zuiker, Member
(term expires 2/2029)
WRITE TO POLICY MAKERS
* DAN PATRICK, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
* REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS (majority party of the Texas Legislature)
* BRYAN COLLIER, Executive Director of TDCJ
* OSCAR MENDOZA, Deputy Executive Director of TDCJ
WRITE TO THE CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
https://house.texas.gov/committees/committee/?committee=C200
WRITE TO OR CALL THE GOVERNOR
Governor Greg Abbott
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
(512) 463-2000
WRITE TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Senator Pete Flores
The Honorable Pete Flores
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Request support and that he writes letters to the Board of Pardons and Paroles on behalf of the people in this book and other incarcerated individuals throughout Texas.
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS/REPRESENTATIVES
Encourage them to support bills to end solitary confinement in Texas.
SHARE THIS BOOK
Send a copy of this book to a friend, post about it on social media, and share the words of those forever changed by solitary confinement.