I am sure that you agree with me that even inmates on Death Row are entitled to a minimum of decent treatment, including the right not to be cheated on by the authorities. I therefor hope that you can tell me that this is the result of an administrative error. I enclose copies of an Inmate Grievance about the question and an TDCJ-ID IOC concerning the question. Your letter to Governor George Bush was forwarded to the TDCJ-Institutional Division Ombudsman for review and response. Actually, Offender Draughon had a word processor, instead of a typewriter.
Word processors are a great convenience, but became a security problem.
We had offenders organizing strikes and uprisings and running gambling operations using their word process rs. Unlike paper files, they could not be searched without the cooperation ofthe subject. Additionally, the word processors had . There is no right to possess typewriters or word processors in prison. We were under no duty to make them available in the first place.