#EndTheException Campaign:

1. My job is in the laundry. Like most prison jobs it doesn’t present any challenges and its not rewarding.
    
2. What I would want someone who has never been incarcerated to know about prison slavery is that thay should cherish having the option to call in sick or to miss a day because of personal injury. In prison you are mad to go to work no matter how you may feel. If you are sick and don’t work you will receive a disciplinary case. If you are hurt you are expected to work if you can stand and walk. Heat during the summer causes us to work in temperatures that exceed 90 degrees easily. There is no air conditioning. 
   
   
3. When I read the Abolition Amendment, I felt good. I've been incarcerated 23 years now. I will be eligible for parole in six more years. I've never received [illegible] for the labor I’ve given TDCJ-ID. If offenders could work as a means to support themselves in prison it would take a lot of the burden off family members who care for them. It also would aide these offenders who have no family members left and have no means of financial support. Not all prisons have indigent programs. So no money, no hygienes. 
   
   
4. Id like to be an active member of the campaign because I'm on the inside. I’m a transgender male. Right now a lot of light shines upon trans women but I am a female transitioning to male and I want to be heard. Not just with regards to this issue but on many issues. Id like to be a writer. I've been through a lot in these past 23 years and I write for PJP and write a [illegible] organizations already. I work under my pen name because I like to be recognized as Khaaliq Jhakur. So its important to me to use this platform to reveal the truth on many forefronts with regards to prison life. 
   
   
5. I dont listen to any prison radio shows in my unit they are not available on the stations we can get.