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“One time I [wrote on] toilet paper. I wrote on paper sacks.” Jason Walker-an inmate at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-has made quite a name for himself. Walker has been reporting from inside his cell at great risk to his personal safety:

Jason Walker writes his mom’s name, says she lives in San Angelo: “Please be my arranger if a funeral is needed.”

Since the K2 article was published, he’s been transferred more than 10 times. Recently, he was transferred to the Powledge Unit in East Texas and put into protective safekeeping—a designation for prisoners who “require the highest level of protection in a more controlled environment than other general population offenders, due to threats of harm by others or a high likelihood of victimization,”.

Walker has reported multiple threats and attempts on his life in letters to friends and activists, in civil rights lawsuits against prison officials, and in an interview with the, he said a copy of a message that contained details about threats to his life was somehow printed out and given to at least one other prisoner. The message contained Walker’s name and cell number.

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