Dear Jhody Polk,

Hi it's Troy a member of yours. Yes I've received the Spring/Summer Ed.
Vol. 44. I was so excited to receive it. I must have read of four times
over. I really enjoy the stories and poems inside Guild Notes there's so much
truth inside. Peace I have to you all. all my life I've sufered and struggled
against a material force or mass of racial terror in Texas prisons. I've been
beaten many times by guards white, black a hispanic all because I were
doing something I had a constitutional right to do. So I do Really understand
struggle, Racial terror & injustice in America's prisons, especially Texas.

When I read the poems inside Guild Notes Vol. 44, pp. 18, 17 I reflect on past
events in my life here: Interitively we all like to seek the things that
are comfortable rather than uncomfortable. But, if I want to create justice,
then I have to get comfortable with struggle. We will remember. With hope
because hopelessness is the enemy of justice . With courage because peace
Requires bravery. With persistence because justice is a constant struggle.
With faith because we shall overcome.

Compassion, by Troy W., TX
I counted them , every one of them
The hairs on your head , the tears that you shed ..
And the prayers, there were plenty.
I heard them all . I didn't miss any.
I was there the whole time; to nothing was I blind.
It was as if I had spoken them. They too were mine.
I shared them with you.
My Knees felt the weight when you knelt in prayer,
My heart felt the pang when it was too much to bear.
When your tears came down in showers, they weren't just yours but ours.
We have been joined. Not going through it together,
But as one. Matthew 19:26 ... with God all things are possible.

Dated: September 18th, 2019

Dear Mr. Walton, Esq.

I'm very please to hear from you & the family at JLI and the World all

around you. I've must have Read the newsletter over twenty- times. I'm amazed

at some of the articles written in the newsletter, especially the ones of Words

of from Inside - you guys listed two Texas issues, "Wow" That's really cool!

Well , I have been practicing studying , advancing my skills in fields of law

the common law student doesn't not to mention your adverage Jailhouse Lawyer.

I currently do have the learned, skills of continued legal education into the Mental

capacity- of special legal issues Relating to Mental Retardation and offenders with

Mental Impairments, and of advance legal Specialization in Criminal law and

Juvenile law, and also Mental Capacity in Capital Cases. I currently have pending in the

Texas Court of Criminal appeals in Austin, Texas which has been pending for

over ten months now and going into its eleventh month a petition for wit of habeas

Corpus-Act. 11.07 for an actual innocence - false imprisonment factual & legal

claims, issues that I presented to the Texas State appellate Court system in my

case. The criminal case involves issues of Denial of effective assistance of Counsel

which if taken as true will get me a reversal and the end of thirty-six of seven

long years of struggle in physical, psychological, and spiritual pain and I mean

a lot. I've been through so much pain fulness here in the Texas Prison System it

would actually surprise and shock the conscious mind of hundreds of thousands of

folks how I survived this long, My struggle is more than a day to day waking-

up in prison it's a determination of survival never never, never give in to the de-

mands of satan and never, never never give up fighting the Good Fight, because

with persistence, perseverance through rough evil obstacles and deceptive discouragements,

persecutions by the powers + evils that be among us everyday everyday with

prudence, diligence and the rightous Godly mind-set I am abled to come through

this a self-sufficient survivalist whom won against the face of Evil, making me

at that moment a True Grand master as one of life's survivalist as one whom

was imprisoned & persecuted because I was a poor- improverished colored young

teenager & later converted to a true believer, brother & friend of Youshua (Jesus)

Christ whose in heaven & paradise waiting for my arrival when my time comes.

I recently assisted a fellow innate _ whom was changed convicted + sentence

to sixty years incarcerated in-(redacted), for and as a hibitual offender possession

of and under the influence of PCP while sitting in his own vehicle next to

a street curb . He was represented by a State public defender. He also had

a history of Mental issues & was taking psych, medications while going to trial.

The jury was the trier of fact but never heard issues about his social + mental

history in mental hospitals, centers, etc., so I offered my assist. I applied

a writ together for him claiming he was in possession of PCP drugs and

bought PCP to use it to try an commit suicide to try an overdose on PCP &

alcoholic liqueur. And, that he had consulted with his attorney that he was attempt-

ing to try an Kill himself on the day of the offense and that he told his lawyer

that he wanted to plead the insanity defense of 'Not Guilty by reason of insanity

at the time of the crime . We haven't heard anything from the court or district

attorney's office yet it's been over two months now. I'll have to file a writ

of Mandamus to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to effectuate the State's

prosecutor + district court to perform their duties by law . He'm, will see

what happens.

See Ya soon,

Chow,

Sincerely Yours,

Troy E. Wigley

[Redacted]

[Redacted] Tx

Date: May 29th, 2022

Hello Tyler Walton, Esquire,
I'm writing to let you know I want and would like to be included in future
cohort of the pen pal program. Yes, Tyler, refer me to a new pen pal law student
like [redacted].

Tyler you may print and write the below information in community conversations.

Hidden Sentences:
The loss of the franchise as a result of a felony conviction is what is known
as a "Collateral Consequence." Although they are not part of the formal sentence for a crime,
collateral consequences are attached to a conviction in a variety of ways that exclude people
from employment, housing, and a host of civil liberties that are integral to the American social
landscape. Many of these restrictions are active only during probation or parole, but there
is a long list of legal restrictions that are permanent, effectively making any conviction a life
sentence, Collateral Consequences fall into three broad categories. The first, and most
familiar, of these, is direct statutory mandates and prohibitions. These are state and federal
laws that either mandate a particular behavior, such as sex offenders having to register,
or prohibit particular act, such as possession of a firearm. Many of these provisions carry
criminal penalties, but some, like the statutes in many states that disenfranchise those with
felony convictions, simply bar people from some aspect of civic life. A second class of con-
sequence can best be termed as regulatory. The most pervasive type of this Consequence involving
locking people out of labor markets that are regulated or licensed by state or local governments.
Some states prevent anyone with a felony record from obtaining a barber's license;
other jurisdictions prohibits licensing as a stockbroker or masseuse. Across the Country,
thousands of occupations are forbidden to people with a felony record, and while some of
these regulations are statutory, most are put in place by bureaucratic fiat and unappealable.
The last type of consequences is essentially a civil disability in that people with a felony record
lose the civil protections that other citizens enjoy. An employer, for example, may not discriminate
based on race, gender, religion, and a host of other particular categories, but that same
employer has complete freedom to discriminate on the basis of a felony conviction, even if that
conviction has nothing to do with the job. And, there is no civil recourse. The same civil disability
applies to people trying to rent an apartment. Where the average citizen could take legal action,
the person with a felony (conviction) record has no options. The American Bar Association Criminal
Justice Section compiled a list of over 45,000 collateral consequences across jurisdictions nationwide.
The cumulative effect of collateral consequences: carceral citizenship. It’s a second-class
citizenship for people with criminal records, marked by the reality that carceral citizens are made
to do things other people cannot be made to do, like attend meetings for drug treatment, whether
they have a drug problem or not. And they can arrest be arrested if they be have in ways that are
perfectly legal for everyone else , like crossing state lines while on probation.


I wrote this so that many people will know about Collateral Consequence

Thank you Tyler
by Troy Eugene Wigley [aka Tiger]
8/2/2023.

This is a true story about me . JLI may use this story in it's News letters with
my permission . When I was around 15 1/2 - 16 you old . I was put in a Delin-
Quency Prevention school by mother my mother because she didn't want the respon-
sibility of raising a boy with my two sisters . I was put in a school called Will-
crest school. While there I was told we had to go through a scared straight
program and if we refused we weren't allowed our weekend furloughs for
a month. We juveniles were taken to a adult - Ohio state prison for the scared
straight program. While there adult male prisoners were allowed to threaten
us, and say things to us, such as, they were going to Rape us, beat us and even
telling us if we ever came to prison. These adult male prisoners while telling us
those infamous things of what prison was like for them made enemies with
us and we didn't want to shake hands with them. Since my incarceration I've
come to learn from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquencey Prevention
(OJJCP)that mandate to disseminate information regarding juvenile delinquency
and prevention programs (42 u.S. c. 5652). [Redacted] was sent to [Redacted] correc-
tional facility, an adult prison , to learn a lesson! after more than 4 months of incar-
ceration, he hang himself after being sexually assaulted by adult inmates. [Redacted]
was sent to [Redacted] for incorrigibility. Tragic stories , such as that of (Redacted),
combined with compelling statistics on confinement of status offenders, provided
the impetus for Congress to enact the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(JJDP) Act of 1974, as amended, Public law 93-45, 42 u. s. c. 5601 et seq., requiring
the deinstitutionalization of status offenders and separation of juvenile and adult
offenders in institutional settings. In 1980, Congress found that among the adverse
effects of detaining juveniles in adult jails and lookups were a high suicide rate
among the juveniles ( more than five times the rate of suicides in juvenile deten-
tion facilities); physical, mental , and sexual assault; inadequate care and programming;
negative labeling; and exposure to serious offenders and mental patients. As a result
of a jail or lockup experience, juveniles often learned antisocial behavior from habitual
criminals and had to fight for survival in on inmate culture characterized by rigid

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rules and psychological and physical error. Congress responded by awarding
the JJDP Act in 1980 to require removal of juveniles from adult jails and
lockups. The Mandates-The Deinstitutionalization of States offenders(DSO)
Mandate, Section 23(a)(12)(A), provides , as a general rule, that no status offender
or nonoffender may be held in secure detention or confinement . Separation of
Juvenile and Adult offenders - The separation mandate, Section 223(0)(13), provides
that juveniles shall not be detained in a secure institution in which they have
contact with incarcerated adults, including inmate trustees. This requires com-
plete separation so that there is no right or sound contact with adult offenders
in the facility . Seperation must be provided in all secure areas of the facility,
including sally port; entry / booking areas; hallways; and sleeping dining,recre-
ation, educational, vocational, and health care areas. Jail and Rocking Removal-
The jail and lockup removal mandate, Section 23(a) (H), establishes a general rule
that all juveniles who may be subject to the original jurisdiction of the juvenile
court based on age and offense criteria cannot be held in jails and law enforcement
backups in which adults may be detained or confined . I'm not sure but I think
Ohio - Hillcrest School violated these Juvenile laws - Separation of Juvenile and
adult offenders also Jail and Lookup Removal laws. People should know about
these laws . I feel strongly supportive they society, parents and kids have a
Right to know there laws. I have been Traumatized, dumbfounded/ speechless
I had to go through such a program where I was the victim of my Right being
trampled on for the enjoyment of a society that forget the Rights of Juveniles.

by Troy Wigley

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