Category Archives: Personal Stories

By A TCCC Resident  Texas’ sex offender civil commitment was created for hate and retribution and used to test the expansion of law.  There have been over 600 sex offender civil commitments since its beginning in 1999; less than 20 men have been released by appeal, court challenge or token success; more than 275 menContinue reading “IT IS WHAT IT IS “

By A TCCC Resident We’re overcrowded and it’s no joke. Texas Civil Commitment Office (TCCO) and Management & Training Corporation (MTC) are housing inmates in a dry good closet with no access to water. The closet was a kitchen storage for bread and canned goods. The inmates housed in this commandeered space will have toContinue reading “BUSTIN’ AT THE SEAMS“

By A TCCC Resident  The Texas Civil Commitment office is moving further away from its clientele. When this new and improved version of civil commitment began in late 2015, TCCO case mangers “visited” each offender twice a month, called a collateral contact every month and every offender had a one-on-one with the sex offender treatmentContinue reading “DISTANCING “

Written by a Current TCCC Resident _______________________________________________________________________ The typical sex offender civil commitment story goes something like this: I committed my crime prior to 1999, when the legislation created sex offender civil commitment. I was not informed that my criminal plea bargain would be used against me or qualify me for the indefinite confinement andContinue reading “JUSTICE IS COMING“

GUEST BLOG #7 by a Resident at the Texas Civil Commitment Center; Sept. 29, 2021 I have some great news for fellow Texans. Governor Greg Abbott is going to eliminate rape from Texas. He hasn’t discussed his superpower that is going to predetermine potential rapist, yet, but he has promised to get all rapists offContinue reading “SEGMENT 7 – STAGNANT”

TX Civ Commitment Center 2600 S. Sunset Ave., Littlefield, TX 79339 Expose 453 Words By A TCCC Resident The Texas Civil Commitment Office (TCCO) and the contractor, Management & Trading Corporation (MTC) operating the Texas Civil Commitment Center (TCCC) have created a slave labor camp. From the day this facility opened, inmates have labored forContinue reading “SLAVE LABOR AT THE TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT CENTER”

It’s been 36 days since I’ve talked to my son. He broke a rule, now he’s in lock up for 90 days. Lockup! In a treatment facility. Locked in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day. They turned off his phone privileges…they will not let him write or receive letters. Jessica Marsh says, “YouContinue reading ““I will NEVER SHUT UP!””

His birthday was this week. He spent it in a cell; metal bed, concrete floor, locked door. He ate the food they gave him, not a fancy dinner followed by a birthday cake. No one sang. It was like any other day spent back there in SMU; just like any other day since he’s arrivedContinue reading “Punitive Treatment: The Oxymoron of Civil Commitment”

Written by a Current Inmate at TCCC; July 10, 2021 ___________________________________________________ Sitting on the edge of a small town, in the middle of a dirt field lies an old prison operating under the disguise of a treatment facility. Nothing could be farther from the truth.  Texas Civil Commitment is something that so many people knowContinue reading “A Detainee’s First-Hand Account During the Pandemic”

Written By Current TCCO Detainee: July 10, 2021 ___________________________________________________ In 1998 I caught two sex offenses. One was the burglary of a habitat with intent to commit sexual assault, then I also caught a sexual assault with a 14-year-old female. At the time I was 18 years old. I did not take these charges toContinue reading “We Have No Voice”