🔵 By Britney Gulley. Photo by lauragrafie.
The injustices and sufferings at lane Murray unit are innumerable. From officers nurse staff and ranking officials , lane Murray Unit is the devils playground for transgenders and Blacks to be assaulted, sexually harassed, bullied, raped, discriminated against and retaliated on by the same people who are suppose to protect and serve inside the barbed wire.
„I can‘t breathe“ has been chanted across the nation of innocent unarmed black people dying by the hands of cops. But what about the prisoners chanting „I can‘t breathe!“ ? At Lane Murray Unit?
As a transgender man or Black woman it seems as though the civil war never existed. The abuse that transgenders are subjected to at Lane Murray Unit is gruesome. The abuse Black people endure at Lane Murray Unit is grotesque.
The suicide rate and death toll at Lane Murray Unit is the highest percentage on its own, compared to all the other female units added together. What does that tell you? While the White man gets rich off each prisoner chained up, the capitalism is causing each Black woman or transgender man to be a victim of abuse that scars the soul, deteriorate mental stability, pulverize emotional well-being, destroy self-esteem, and murder spirituality.
The struggle is real.
Lane Murray Unit should be the name of a disease or cancer that’s detrimental to a human’s psychosis and physical form that paralyzes and rots the bones. The officers utilize disciplinary cases to retaliate if you report the abuse and corruption. The nurse staff deny medical attention or turn a blind eye to the injuries sustained by the officers. The ranking officials laugh at degrading, belittling homophobic remarks and racial slurs used to taunt and ridicule.
“In between a rock and a hard place” is a common adage for suppression at Lane Murray Unit. “Pressure burst pipes” is a common adage for oppression. Lane Murray Unit has the infamous moniker “Miserable Murray”. Whether gender or race is a contribution to the hate, these perspectives lead transgenders and blacks to be targeted and subjected to increased harrassment, humiliation, rape and other forms of inhumane abuse and torture.
The increased violence from staff at Lane Murray Unit is horrifying and unbelievable.
As a transman I fear for my safety on a daily. My life is constantly endangered. Medical denies my injections for hormonal therapy to continue my transition. Officers beat us up in blind spots where the camera doesn’t face. Black people being called “Nigger b**ches” is the norm! White supremacy is alive in full effect at Lane Murray Unit.
Doctor assistant B., nurse E., Sgt. Ty., Sgt. Tr., Major J., Officer W., Officer B., Officer C., Officer A., Officer S., Sgt. R. and others are all known members of the KKK. And neither try to deny their affiliations with the KKK nor conceal their contempt and disdain for Blacks and transgenders. These people violate their ethical code of conduct, prisoners civil rights and TDCJ protocol, yet they get patted on the back and congratulated for their misconduct and mistreatment towards transgenders and blacks.
At Lane Murray Unit the dorms are numbered K1, K2, K3. Any significance registered here? KKK is the Lane Murray Unit’s oppressive structure and alliance within staff.
Where is the justice? When does this torture and abuse end?
Must I die a martyr for transgenders and Blacks to attain acknowledgment, justice or peace like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s death attracted the Nation’s attention?
I currently reside at Skyview Unit, a mental hospital facility, after being a victim of prolonged abuse and torture at Lane Murray Unit. In June 2020, while being choked and kneed in the back by Officer B. and Officer W., Sgt. Tr. and Sgt. Ty. stood by taunting and laughing as I gasped and screeched “I can’t breathe!” Once I passed out, I could hear them panicking as they conspired on how to explain my death. Lucky for me I was still alive when medical arrived on the scene and nurse Lucas revived me. Sgt. Ty. and Sgt. Tr. then recanted their lie about how they found me with a sheet tied around my neck, hanging.
I was immediately admitted to crisis management in which I was put on suicide watch for mental evaluation. This is just one example of collusive tactics utilized to suppress transgenders and Blacks from voicing the oppression. I’m one of the rare survivors able to tell you this horrific story. A fractured world living as a victim at Lane Murray Unit.