tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post5113696555027868938..comments2022-02-26T23:35:46.963-05:00Comments on Through the eyes of a Prison Wife: Catching ChainAbout Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396951216329212060noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-26596576867714099572021-09-22T16:29:45.765-04:002021-09-22T16:29:45.765-04:00He has to go threw intake before he will show up i...He has to go threw intake before he will show up in system. My husband is there too I also went threw the same thing it takes one to two weeks to pop up in the system. Have patients and prayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320627072912688044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-69626646813875090802021-05-12T02:17:44.716-04:002021-05-12T02:17:44.716-04:00Someone may likely never see this, and my voice st...Someone may likely never see this, and my voice still unheard, but I'm going to through it out in hopes someone comes across my lost, confused, heartbroken words. My fiance caught chain three days ago from harris county, he is still not showing in tdc system, off the grid- just like that, no paper trail, no lasting reminder that he was there, that I am here. No one can or will tell ypu anything without a tdc number that I can't get in over 3 days, THREE DAYS! I have no idea where he is, what he's thinking, or if he needs anything I can provide to make this go smoother. I miss him. I miss the sound of my name rolling smoothly off his lips and his eyes as they gaze through me-straight past tomorrow and into another world beyond this moment we are frozen in. I miss the rise and fall of his chest as I drift to sleep, the way his heart beat matches mine after seconds ofcontact... I feel like it's going to be forever before I experience any of these things again. A forever that no one can fathom until you have tried to live normal day in and day out missing the person your soul is addicted to, addicted to just the mere sound, a vibration only my energy feels and his spectrum sees.... I'm lost. I'm defeated. I'm losing my will to see positive in this tdc fuckery nightmare of injustice. They may be behind tdc bars but the loved ones left behind to navigate blindly alone are also imprisoned in this ill put together system. Except we are silenced, unheard, and left to just wait...and wait...never knowing...like the benched player who never steps foot on the field but every day shows up as if it's world series, ready to go at every slowly passed moment. This is a moment in time you can't escape, forget, ignore... it just is for unknown amount of unknown time in this unknown purgatory of tdc hell. The system is more then broken...when ur breaking even people not housed in a facility run by hypocrites and politicians alike, that's when you know.... thats when you know as you sit staring at pictures and silence screaming to be broken by a phone call you won't get for an unknown amount of time.... welcome to the chosen life of a prison wife who's love battles the prison life silently, the strong who still gets up and knows all the motions to destract her nightly break down waiting and wandering...hoping time ticks, please God TIC, and let us make it to the other side of tdc purgatory fuckatory. There's no justice here, break them down in there, us out here, and put a fancy name on it that will be ignored like every red headed step child. <br />Sorry for my rant. I'm angry. I'm sad. I'm lost. And I'm utterly alone miles from unknown miles of unknown wait times from my equally alone loved one. God he's loved. If thoughts could cross cell blocks.... man. I hate tdc and it's none system but kinda looks like a system purgatory. And it's official... we are echos of moments... one days someone can read my pain and defeat as I've read from years before this post. Good luck. And I hope ur patient with your heart and the heart behind bars, ull need it. <br />I'm so mad. If only I were stuck in a diff moment. But I'm stuck in tdcs time and is it good time, bad time, state jail time, are u punishing me by taking more time, or do I get credit, parole time, time to call? Time to fucking wait! Ugh. Whatever I'm done now. Sorry. My words are waisted I know... boy do I know. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223265276480373163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-69697403136988549512020-10-21T07:18:54.056-04:002020-10-21T07:18:54.056-04:00My son caught chain today.he only served til Decem...My son caught chain today.he only served til December.do will be Dr at 8.in intake unit or what will happen since he only has few monthsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910608292823405596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-49350115559414288722018-12-18T00:07:38.901-05:002018-12-18T00:07:38.901-05:00My husband just caught chain tonight, I had no ide...My husband just caught chain tonight, I had no idea what that meant until looking it up, his first parole is in June 2019, his naxumum release us November 2020, we are in Tx, he was at Holliday Unit, I need to know more information, I am devastated, where are theu taking him and why????<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519695096978834940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-32687774355415219402017-11-28T18:45:54.863-05:002017-11-28T18:45:54.863-05:00My husband caught chain about an hour ago. We'...My husband caught chain about an hour ago. We're in TX. He is up for his first parole in December. I'm so confused. Where is he going? When will he be able to call? If he gets paroled does he come home right away. This is by far the hardest thing we've ever been through. Especially with the kids AND the holidays....my God :(So sadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-47112298067337060402017-05-06T14:07:25.525-04:002017-05-06T14:07:25.525-04:00I can only comment on what happens in Texas. If yo...I can only comment on what happens in Texas. If your son's outdate is September, he first goes to a medical unit for intake. He will spend some time there and when he catches chain that may be to his permanent unit until he is due to be released in September. It is possible, however, that he will be transferred to another unit before being released. There really is no rhyme or reason with transfers in TDCJ if that is where he is. Hopefully, whatever unit your son has caught chain to will be the only one he goes to until his released. Keep your head up and your heart strong! About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396951216329212060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-46398369930548014902017-05-03T21:54:42.569-04:002017-05-03T21:54:42.569-04:00My son caught chain today.he only served til septe...My son caught chain today.he only served til september.do will be Dr at 8.in intake unit or what will happen since he only has few monthsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402716930175032311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-73306671366952406062015-12-21T10:50:04.261-05:002015-12-21T10:50:04.261-05:00Catching chain is truly a stressful time for both ...Catching chain is truly a stressful time for both your loved one and you. They never know when they are going. It's one of those "roll it up" you're moving out kind of things. The best way I found to deal with the uncertainty of catching chain is to constantly check the JPay site. It will tell you when he moves. You can see the unit change if he is gone. It usually takes about 2 days but sometimes chain can take longer than two days so you could very well know where he is before he is able to tell you. Unless you're husband's charges aren't from Texas that is the only reason they would transfer him to another state. Now, if he is in Texas, his original stop would have been at an intake unit. Gurney or something like that. He will only stay there for at most 6 months or so and then be moved to his regular unit somewhere in Texas. There really doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason as to where inmates go when they catch chain and having his family living close isn't even a consideration for TDCJ. It's tough. Believe me I know but you are a mother. You are a prison wife. Trust me!!! There are none stronger!!!<br /><br />Keep strong. Keep your head up. <br /><br />KimAbout Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396951216329212060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-30728416696956612672015-12-14T19:33:33.157-05:002015-12-14T19:33:33.157-05:00My man's gotta do this any minute now. We are ...My man's gotta do this any minute now. We are in Texas, with a two year old that can see him weekly now. Why would they move him to another state before Christmas? Because the system isn't made for anything but failure. Thanks be to God somehow some of these men see light, in the darkness. I know my man is a light for others like him and for me as well. This is the only way I can look at it. Spread love. It's all you really got for sure.tcpjdk33https://www.blogger.com/profile/07974290146046516923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013701402291224918.post-34626390516265841662011-08-22T22:05:30.964-04:002011-08-22T22:05:30.964-04:00Made me really sad to read this.
Take good care....Made me really sad to read this. <br /><br />Take good care. <br /><br />Helen Gerhardt<br />PA Network Against Torture (we're working to end solitary confinement which sure is torture.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com