The cruelty continues. What the Texas snow & power outages mean for incarcerated people. Just in from a man caged pretrial in Harris County:

"We don't have any running water anymore. No drinking water. Rations are now half measures. Tensions are running high here."

"We got 3 oz of some mashed potato something last night. This morning around 4:30 we got a one ounce packet of PB and a small muffin and a small carton of milk. They said they are out of bread."

Yesterday, this same man shared people were sleeping on the ground. Harris County Jail flat out denied it.

His response: "Well they are lying. I am counting right now. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 are sleeping on the floor. They can come up and check all the 5th floor pods from A to E."

"There are folks on the floor in almost every pod. Two sleeping in the day room right now! They have cameras in here. Someone can pull video right? There are 67 of us using 4 toilets. It's bad."

"Jailers are going on 24 hours 36 hours straight without shift change. I am worried about them. No communication from them. When we ask about the water they either don't answer or say 'You shouldn't have fucking gotten locked up.'"

"God bless y'all. I know it's bad out there. We got TV working here so we know it's bad out there. Strange how the things you don't expect to work, work. But then essential stuff that should work, doesn't! How does that make any sense? Please be safe. Thank you for listening."

Yesterday, I posted a thread detailing the horrors in Harris County Jail. The jail spent the day denying the conditions being reported from inside from people caged there. Wish they had spent the day trying to solve the situation instead. https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1361710556412018690?s=20

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UPDATE: More updates coming in from those inside in different areas of Harris County Jail: "24 men and 3 toilets which are all backed up. They put plastic bags on them to cover up the smell. We desperately need chemicals and cleaning supplies. It's filthy! And it's very cold."

"We badly need chemicals to flush and clean the toilets. We got individual buckets in the pod now. In the morning they come once early to put diluted chemical in the bucket and one late night along with 6 rolls of toilet paper for 24 men."

"Today bc of backed up toilets were out of cleaning chemical in the bucket. We have to put a plastic bag & try to force it down. We need chemicals & water. No water in showers or sinks. It stinks. Never got enough cleaning supplies & drying materials for Covid but now its worse!"

More info from local organizer: "Couple of medically compromised men. Terrified. One has a nephrostomy bag to drain his kidneys. Mom has to buy & bring bags to jail. Thats not happening right now. Another has type 1 diabetes. Food delays & rationing affecting his sugar levels."

More info from local organizer: "Another man had Covid real bad in May. Then heart attack. Now his lungs are messed up bad. Needs stents. Won't give him Medical records. Been in there over 29 months. Court reset 22 times."