It’s time for a long overdue Gatesville State School for Boys former students reunion. It should take place in the lovely town of Gatesville Texas, the birth place of tyc. It could be an opportunity for us to give back for all the love and nurturing that was given to us during those formidable years of our stay at the Gatesville State School for Boys. It will be a celebration of our ability to survive and be free enough to celebrate and perhaps dedicate a memorial, dependent on state government cooperation, to all the boys whose lives were destroyed by tyc. Perhaps a plaque or historical marker in the Boot hill cemetery.
It could be a real interesting time for us and the town of Gatesville.
This is a cool idea I want to know more. Something should be done to let people know what the state can do to kids. I think TYC still beats up kids and fucks them over. I think if more people knew what ass hole these people ar something might get done.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Alberto Rangel I was 8 yrs old in jail for about a week until sent to gates to hell. They put us in dorms
Deleteaccording to age. I still have nifhmares about it. We were beaten by the individuals in charge, he would raise our shirt in the back and get his hand wet slapped our backs a few times, and hit our feet and hands with a wooden handle. This happen for 9 mths. My memories of this gave me haunting dreams still remember the visitors call but I had none! Rip for the ones who are no longer with us. 1966
SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT OF BEE IN THE BIGGER BOYS DORMS AT THE VALLEY SCHOOL UNIT , PROBALY , GEORGIA OR IDAHO HALL AS THEY WERE CALLED , ALBERTO I FEEL FOR YA , THAT MUST OF BEEN HARD ON A YOUNG HISPANIC KID , BUT AS I REMEMBER , THE CHICANOS STUCK TOGETHER , WHEN THE DORM MAN , GOT ON THEM FOR SOME BULLSHIT , MAINLY FOR SPEAKIN SPANISH , , AND BRUTALITY PUNISHED THEM FOR THIS , ,,, NO WONDER THE SPANISH BOYS HATED THE WHITES IN CHARGE OF THE DORM , MOST DORM MEN WERE TOBACCO CHEWIN ASSHOLES THAT LD OTHER JOB SOME WHERE ELSE , AND , WERE TIRED WHEN THEY CAME TO WORK ,, THIS MADE THEM IRRITABLE AND THEY TOOK IT OUT ON US ,,
DeleteMY NAME IS MICHAEL ANDREW SCHWINN, A-36525, ENTRY-1 AUG 12,1966,ETHNICY-CAUCASIAN, COUNTY NEUACES DOB.MARCH 1952. THE FIRST TIME I SPENT 30 MONTHS IN THAT HELL HOLE. & 11 MONTHS THE 2nd TIME . THE YEAR WAS 1967, THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE. (THAT WAS THE YEAR OF THE TET) I FELT LIKE I WAS ALREADY IN A COMBAT ZONE. TO A KID OF 15 YRS OLD,I HAD TO COME IN CONFLICT EVERYDAY WITH SOME COLORED BOY OR SPANISH BOY AS THEY WISHED TO BE CALLED AT THIS TIME. NO YOU DIDNT REFER TO THEM AS MEXICANS, THERE WAS NO REAL MEXICAN PRIDE THERE LIKE THERE IS HERE, IN CALIFORNIA. I MUST OF SPENT MOST OF THAT YEAR IN THE ADJUSTMENT CENTER, OR LOCKUP. THE 1ST TIME I WAS SENT THERE, WE WERE CHOPPING DOWN BRUSH ON SIDE OF THE HILL OF THE CALICHE PIT, WERE SOME OF US, WERE LUCKY ENOUGH NOT HAVING TO SWING A SLEAGE HAMMER BUSTING THE LIME STONE.THERE WAS ALWAYS TWO MEN ON HORSES, MR. CURB, I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT OLD M.F. CHEWING BEACHNUT CHEWING TOBACCO AS HE SAT ON LITTLE JOE, SLENDER MALE HORSE. THIS MAN COULD MAKE THIS HORSES BITE YOU OR DANCE AND PRANCE AROUND, STEPPING ON YOUR FEET CRUSHING YOUR FOOT. HE LIKED TO GET AROUND THE SPANISH BOYS AND MAKE LITTLE JOE SPIN AROUND, STEPPING ON THEIR FEET,SOME REACTED NEGATIVELY AND OLD CURB WOULD PULL ONE ON THE HORN OF THE SADDLE AND SLAP THEM ON THE BACK REALLY GOOD AND HARD TO SHOW THE REST OF US TO GET BACK TO WORK. ANOTHER OLD F--K MR. WORTHINGTON AN OLD WHITE GUY ( HE WAS MEAN AT TIMES)BUT FAIR. BUT CURB IN THE MORNIN HE’D MAKE THE WHOLE LOCK UP DO EXERCISES; PUSHUPS, SIDE STRADEL, HOPS,SITUPS. IF THE WHOLE DIDNT STOP TOGETHER ON A DIME AT THE SAME TIME, HE’D MAKE US DO ANOTHER SET OF 50. OF EACH AND THEN FINALLY ON TO THE CHOW HALL. THIS GUY CURB SHOULD OF BEEN INDICTED FOR SOME PUNISHMENTS GIVEN. SUCH AS WAKING ME AT 5 IN THE MORNING TO MAKE ME GO TO THE GREASE TRAP OUTSIDE THE HILLTOP AND TAKE A DIP IN IT. OLD MAN CURB SAID, SWINN GO DOWN TILL I CAN’T SEE YA NO MO BOY, AND COME BACK UP. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS ILLEGAL. WHAT HE WAS MAKING ME DO,FOR A SECOND I FEARD FOR MY LIFE. THIS OLD MAN COULD OF DROWNED ME OUT THERE AT 5AM,BECAUSE NO ONE WAS AROUND TO WITNESS THIS. IF YOU TRIED TO RUN THIS OLD F--KER WOULD OF MADE IT HARD TO DO THAT. I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE. THERE WAS A KID NAMED JACKIE HOPPKINS, CURB MADE HIM DO THE SAME THING. THIS WAS THE YEAR OF 1967. I WENT 13 TIMES TO THE LOCK UP FOR SOMETHING OR OTHER. COLORED BOYS ALWAYS SEEMED TO SNITCH ON YOU,FOR SOMETHING. MOST COLORS WERE PUT BACK AS FAR AS THE 1ST GRADE. I WAS PUT BACK TWO YEARS. I WAS IN THE 8 TH GRADE IN THE FREE WORLD I THINK T.Y.C.DIDNT REALLY WANT TO EDUACATE US, AS TO BE A TREAT TO THIER JOB SECURITY.
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I was there in 1964 , this place was nothing but a place of torture, I remember getting hit in the head with a leather large belt in my head cause the guard wanted to make sure I new he was in charge, I was caned for not washing probably, made
DeleteTo cut the grass with my fingers, and the torture goes on and on , the pediphiles that would take advantage of the weak . I still have Nightmares that I’m just being sentenced to that hell hole .
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ReplyDeleteAT THE T.Y.C. .I WAS IN DORM 5 IN HACKBERRY MR.PARR WAS THE MORNING DORM MAN, HE TOO WAS ALSO A MEAN SOB. BUT WAS FAIR, BUT SCRUB EVERYMORNING THOSE BLACK MARKS OFF THE FLOOR WE DID JUST WITH CAN OF WATER AND STEELWOOL, THE BEATLES MUSIC WAS A BIG THING BUT SO WAS JAMES BROWN, THATS WAS THE DEAL WHEN IN WAS FINALLY TRANSFERED TO THE LIVE OAK I WAS EXSPOSED TO ALL SOUL MUSIC OF THE TIMES, THE DORM MAN OF COMPANY B, MR. HAYNES A TALL COLORED MAN WITH A GOLD OPEN FACE CROWN. HE WAS A REAL M. F. AT TIMES AND SIDED WITH THE COLORED A LOT, HE’D MAKE THE WHITE KIDS SIT ON THE GRASS AND MAKE US WATCH THEM PLAY THE FOOT BALL MOVIES. TO LIKING OF MR. HAYNES COMPANY B. LIVEOAK SCHOOL MARCH 1968 FEB 12 1969. MY CASE WORKER MR. MYRICK HE GOT ME IN TO THE JOB CORPS DOWN IN CAMP GEARY AT THE SAN MARCOS AIR FORCE BASE. I GOT IN TROUBLE WITH PAROLE AND WAS SENT BACK THEY PUT ME ON THE HILLTOP, I THINK IT WAS LOUISIANA HALL. I DIDN’T LIKE THE HILLTOP. MOST OF THE BOYS THERE WERE BIGGER THAN I, SO I WAS DISLIKED BECASE OF IT AND I WAS WHITE. I GOT TO GO BACK TO COMPANY B BACK WITH MR.HAYNES. I FELT OK THERE, BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT TO EXSPECT. ANOTHER OLD MAN THERE AT LIVE OAK MR.ROY BLUM HE WAS OK. HE’D LET US SMOKE EARLY IN THE MORNIN BY ANNOUNCING (LIGHT EM UP). I WAS SENT TO TERRACE THAT SUMMER IN 1969 AFTER THE MOON LANDING ON T.V. TERRACE ANOTHER RACIAL HELL WITH MORE F--KIN COLORED BOYS WHO DIDNT LIKE US WHITES. BUT THEY HATED THE SPANISH BOYS MORE, AND THEY HATED THE COLORED EVEN MORE. YOU COULD’NT SAY BLACK SHOE POLISH THERE. YOU HAD TO SAY DARK POLISH OR SUFFER A RAT PACK BY COLORED BOYS. LATTER I WAS SENT BACK TO THE HILLTOPAN. I FINALLY GOT TO GO TO A HALF-WAY HOUSE IN FORT WORTH, WHERE AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS,I WAS MOST FORTUNATE TO ENLIST IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THANK GOD I’M FINALLY OUT OF TEXAS! PRAISE THE LORD , I’M FREE , FREE AT LAST NO MORE TEXAS OR THEIR BAD F--KIN ATTUDES ,MONTEREY FORT ORD HERE I COME! THAT WAS THE BEST THING I EVER DID TO GET OUT OF TEXAS AND RETURN TO GOOD OLD CALIFORNIA WHERE I CAME TO LEARN.
the only thing I learned here, was how being PREJUDUCE effects every one , and being PREJUDUCED is all they taught !
DeleteMY NAME IS MICHAEL ANDREW SCHWINN, A-36525, ENTRY-1 AUG 12,1966,ETHNICY-CAUCASIAN, COUNTY NEUACES DOB.MARCH 1952. THE FIRST TIME I SPENT 30 MONTHS IN THAT HELL HOLE. & 11 MONTHS THE 2nd TIME . THE YEAR WAS 1967, THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE. (THAT WAS THE YEAR OF THE TET) I FELT LIKE I WAS ALREADY IN A COMBAT ZONE. TO A KID OF 15 YRS OLD,I HAD TO COME IN CONFLICT EVERYDAY WITH SOME COLORED BOY OR SPANISH BOY AS THEY WISHED TO BE CALLED AT THIS TIME. NO YOU DIDNT REFER TO THEM AS MEXICANS, THERE WAS NO REAL MEXICAN PRIDE THERE LIKE THERE IS HERE, IN CALIFORNIA. I MUST OF SPENT MOST OF THAT YEAR IN THE ADJUSTMENT CENTER, OR LOCKUP. THE 1ST TIME I WAS SENT THERE, WE WERE CHOPPING DOWN BRUSH ON SIDE OF THE HILL OF THE CALICHE PIT, WERE SOME OF US, WERE LUCKY ENOUGH NOT HAVING TO SWING A SLEAGE HAMMER BUSTING THE LIME STONE.THERE WAS ALWAYS TWO MEN ON HORSES, MR. CURB, I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT OLD M.F. CHEWING BEACHNUT CHEWING TOBACCO AS HE SAT ON LITTLE JOE, SLENDER MALE HORSE. THIS MAN COULD MAKE THIS HORSES BITE YOU OR DANCE AND PRANCE AROUND, STEPPING ON YOUR FEET CRUSHING YOUR FOOT. HE LIKED TO GET AROUND THE SPANISH BOYS AND MAKE LITTLE JOE SPIN AROUND, STEPPING ON THEIR FEET,SOME REACTED NEGATIVELY AND OLD CURB WOULD PULL ONE ON THE HORN OF THE SADDLE AND SLAP THEM ON THE BACK REALLY GOOD AND HARD TO SHOW THE REST OF US TO GET BACK TO WORK. ANOTHER OLD F--K MR. WORTHINGTON AN OLD WHITE GUY ( HE WAS MEAN AT TIMES)BUT FAIR. BUT CURB IN THE MORNIN HE’D MAKE THE WHOLE LOCK UP DO EXERCISES; PUSHUPS, SIDE STRADEL, HOPS,SITUPS. IF THE WHOLE DIDNT STOP TOGETHER ON A DIME AT THE SAME TIME, HE’D MAKE US DO ANOTHER SET OF 50. OF EACH AND THEN FINALLY ON TO THE CHOW HALL. THIS GUY CURB SHOULD OF BEEN INDICTED FOR SOME PUNISHMENTS GIVEN. SUCH AS WAKING ME AT 5 IN THE MORNING TO MAKE ME GO TO THE GREASE TRAP OUTSIDE THE HILLTOP AND TAKE A DIP IN IT. OLD MAN CURB SAID, SWINN GO DOWN TILL I CAN’T SEE YA NO MO BOY, AND COME BACK UP. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS ILLEGAL. WHAT HE WAS MAKING ME DO,FOR A SECOND I FEARD FOR MY LIFE. THIS OLD MAN COULD OF DROWNED ME OUT THERE AT 5AM,BECAUSE NO ONE WAS AROUND TO WITNESS THIS. IF YOU TRIED TO RUN THIS OLD F--KER WOULD OF MADE IT HARD TO DO THAT. I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE. THERE WAS A KID NAMED JACKIE HOPPKINS, CURB MADE HIM DO THE SAME THING. THIS WAS THE YEAR OF 1967. I WENT 13 TIMES TO THE LOCK UP FOR SOMETHING OR OTHER. COLORED BOYS ALWAYS SEEMED TO SNITCH ON YOU,FOR SOMETHING. MOST COLORS WERE PUT BACK AS FAR AS THE 1ST GRADE. I WAS PUT BACK TWO YEARS. I WAS IN THE 8 TH GRADE IN THE FREE WORLD I THINK T.Y.C.DIDNT REALLY WANT TO EDUACATE US, AS TO BE A TREAT TO THIER JOB SECURITY.
ReplyDeletebecause they weren't that literet, the average Dorm man was either stuck on the bible , in his free world job , or was a Mean dumb asshole that chewed Tobacco , the brand was then , Red Man or Bechnut chewin tobacco !
Deleteim sorry for the extra post mike,oops
ReplyDeleteThe Federal and State government are guilty of allowing places like this happen all the time . I recently watched a documentary on a facility in Pennsylvania called Pennhurst that was set up for the mentally challenged with more patients then the staff could properly tend to . The crimes commited were by the State putting the criminally insane in the same hospital with the handicapped . Rapes ,beatings , unsanitary conditions and many more atrocious crimes were being done through neglect because what they said was lack of funds . It only came to to publics attention when a news reporter did a live story to uncover these malice and disturbing abuse on the family of loved ones that may or may not been aware of the things done there . People get it together and take the resposibility of caring enough to expose this kind of crimes going on all over the world .
ReplyDeleteSPEAKING OF THE LACK OF FUNDS , I STILL REMEMBER THOSE WHITE SHORTSLEVE, OVER IRONED, AND SOME I SAW WERE OVER SEWN WITH THE REPAIRS OF PEREVIOUS MATRONS WORK OF A SEWING MACHINE ,SOME OF THE KIDS THAT WERNT SEEN TOO MUCH BUY IMPORTANT STAFF WORKERS OR CASE WORKERS ,,THEY TOO SEEM TO PRESENT THIS ARUA OF DISHONESTY, AND PROBABLY KNEW THAT WE , THE BOYS OF GATESVILLE, VALLEY SCHOOL HAD TO TAKE ANY THING THROWN AT US ,WE WERE WARDS OF THE F--KING STATE OF TEXAS AND HAVE NO RIGHTS . WE WERE TREATED LIKE LIVE STOCK SOME TIMES. ESPECIALLY IN THE SO CALLED ADJUSTMENT CENTER,THE CLOTHING I GOT WAS USED FROM SOME OTHER POOR KID .YOU HAD YOUR MARK WITH YOUR BED NUMBER IN EVERY STITCH OF CLOTHING , THE SCHOOL, THE DORM , AND YOUR BUNK NUMBER ,THE STAFF SEEMED TOO WANT TO KEEP THE SMALL COLORED BOYS HAPPY , SOME OF THEM REALLY CRIED A LOT , I MEAN LIKE BABIES AND WERE HOME SICK, I SURE WAS , BUT THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINING OF MY TERRIBLE BAD TRIP.BUT THE LACK OF FUNDS THEY HAD PLENTY OF MONY, EVERY STAFF WORKER EAS GETTING PAID BACK THEN WAS OVER 4.00 HR I USED TO TRY PICK THE DORM MANS BRAINS , WITH QUESTIONS , AND SOME TIMES YOU WERE DISIPLINED BECAUSE OF IT .THE FOLKS AT TYC , WANTED TO KEEP THE FUNDS FOR THIER COFFERS . WE GOT WATER MELLON EVERY 4TH OF JULY . COLOR BOYS SURE LIKED THE 4TH OF JULY... BUT SO DID I .
ReplyDeleteyea the fourth of july , a day for freedom , BUT THERE WAS NONE OF THAT HERE in liveoak school if the supervisors were in a bad mood , theyd put everyone pulling grass or on the playing field , or)( policeing -up the area for cigarette butts and what ever else one might find on the yard , just to take up our time and performing usless senceless work , like shining the floor , or cleaning the latrine over and over again.; just to take up your rest time and to keep you busy.to keep you weiry and tired all the time to please the staff , as I said before we were property of the state of TEXAS and were treated as live stock sometimes , another reason for post traumatic stress disorder .!
DeleteHELLO IM STILL OUT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, OVER 40 YRS SINCE ID BEEN THROUGH GATESVILLE TEX , I STILL LIKE TO GO THERE TO RETHINK ,MY LIFE (WASTED) THERE BACK IN 1966, AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE. AND ALL THE ABUSE GIVEN TO OTHER BOYS AND TO ME FOR NOTHING ,THESE EX CORRECTIONAL TYPE OLD FOGIES , WITH THEIR FUCKIN CHEWIN TOBACCO HANGIN OUT THIER MOUTH , SHIT SOMETIMES I THOUGHT THE LOCKUP WAS BETTER THAN BEING AT THE UNITS OR DORMS , THERE WAS THESE GROUPS . THE COLORED , THE SPANISH , AND THE WHITES,. THEY ALL WERE IGNORANT .WASTED LIFE IN A SHIT HOLE FOR UNWANTED BOYS
ReplyDeleteBUT I KNEW BETTER , JUST AS LONG AS I GOT THE HELL OUT OF TEXAS , ID BE ALRIGHT ,I GREW UP 1ST TO 6TH GRADE IN LOS ANGELES , BUT WHEN I CAME TO TEXAS , THAT WAS A UNCONTROLABLE MISTAKE FOR ME AND MY EARLY TEENAGE INCARCERATION AT THIS , W2HAT I THINK NOW AS A NOTHER SHIT HOLE THAT KEEPS THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX EMPLOYED DOWN THERE IN TEXAS, I SAW THE GET AWAY YESTERDAY , THE PRISON YARD SCEAN REMINDED ME OF THE ENTRY WAT TO GATEVILLE , LIKE A COOKIE CUT PARKING LOT FOR ALL STAFF I PRESUME , REMINDED ME A LITTLE OF THE GATESVILLE STATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS! SOLONG FOR NOW ,, Michael Schwinn A.36525 valley, hackberry, liveoak , hilltop and terrace. 1966 1970.
DeleteWELL HERE I AM AGAIN 5;30 am.DAM, STILL BEING HAUGHTED BY THE MEMORIES OF GATESVILLE STATE SCHOOL for BOYS . IN 1966 IN THE LATE FALL . I WAS IN TWO DORMS WHILE I THE VALLEY UNIT .. WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE AT THIS SCHOOL. I DIDNT KNOW WHY , THE REST OF THE UNITS WERE ALLOWED .TWICE A WEEK THERE WAS A LIST THAT EACH DORM PREPARED FOR (THOSE WHO HAD FUNDS ON THE BOOKS) CIGARETTES WERE ABOUT 33 CENTS A PACK , BUT BOYS AT THE VALLEY UNIT HAD TO PICK UP BUTTS AD FIND THE RIGHT TIME TO TRY AND LIGHT IT UP JUST TO GET A FEW PUFFS OR TOKES . NO ONE HAD ANY MATCHES, BUT THERE WAS A WAY TO LIGHT UP , STEEL WOOL ! WE'D CURL UP TWO ENDS OF THE STEEL WOOL AND HOLD IT WITH A RAG A IF YOU GOT TO GET IN THE MOP ROOM FOR A FEW MOMENTS DURING CLEAN-UP TIME , STICK THE TWO ENDS IN THE ONLY ELECTRICAL OUTLET THERE WAS AND THE STEEL WOOL WOULD FOR A BRIEF MOMENT SET IT ON FIRE SO YA COULD LIGHT THAT BUTT UP , AND PASS IT ON THATS HOW WE GOT GET A LITTLE NICOTINE IN YOU . BUT IF YOU GOT CAUGHT, MAN YOU WERE IN TROUBLE, MOST LIKELY GET A ( BLUE SLIP ) AND MOST LIKELY HAVE DO EXTRA DUTY . A FEW HOURS SHINNING THE FLOOR, ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES FOR A FEW HOURS,! IN GEORGIA HALL AT THE VALLEY UNIT , WE GOT A NEW DORM MAN I NOVEMBER OF 1966 HIS NAME MR. FINLEY , COLORED GUY TOO . HE WAS SOMEWHAT SHORT IN STATUE BUT MADE FRIENDS REAL QUICK TOO , THIS DORM MAN AS THEY CALLED HIM WAS A REAL S.O.B. TO US WHITE KIDS , HE'D USE THE COLORED BOYS TO MONITOR US WHITES , THIS GUY ALSO WAS TAKING UP JUDO AND HE'D DISCEPLINE SOME BOYS IN THE MOP ROOM. MR. FINLEY WOULD PERFORM JUDO CHOPS ON SOME BOYS BACKS , IN STEAD OF SLAPING ON THE BACK AS PERCRIBED IN THE GATESVILLE HAND MANUAL FOR THE DORM PARENTS. THIS WAS ILLEGAL,TO PERORM ON A JUVINILE, HE COULD OF BROKE SOME KIDS BACK AS DID MINE ALMOST . ANOTHER , DORM MAN ,MR TATUM . ONE MORNING MR TATUM, FOR NO FUCKIN REASON CALLED ME OVER TO HIS DESK . AND MADE ME STAND THERE AS HE WOULD POSITION HIMSELF TO KICK ME IN THE SHINS WITH HIS COWBOY BOOTS AND KICKED ME TWICE , UNTILL MY RIGHT SHIN WAS BLEEDING , I STILL HAVE THE SCAR TODAY , BUT WHAT REALLY BUGGED ME AS I TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR AND THE SUPERVISOR MADE AN INCIDENT REPORT OUT OF THE WHOLE THING AND TILD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BLAME MR. FINLEY FOR THIS . THAT WAS A LIE .BIG LIE .
ReplyDeleteTHE MAN WAS MR . LOVE JOY HE SEEMED A LITTLE NICE , HE WAS THE MORNING SUPERINTENDENT IN THE 8 -4 HOURS BUT I FOUND OUT DIFFERENT THIS GUY SENT ME TO LOCK UP FOR NOTHING , I TO THIS DAY DONT SEE WHY THIS OLD FUCK TURNED LIKE A SNAKE , AND SENT ME FOR MY FIRST TRIP TO THE ADJUSTMENT CENTER--- OR LOCK UP ,ANOTHER HORSE MAN TYPE CAME AN GOT ME FROM THE VALLEY UNIT AND DROVE ME IN A WHITE DODGE TRUCK 1960S WITH THE TEXAS YOUTH COUNCEL LOGO ON IT TOOK ME TOO THE CALICHI PIT FOR THE FIRST TIME , MAN I WAS SCARED , FOR THE FIRST TIME , BUT SOME FO THE BOYS WERE BREAKING ROCKS AND OTHER BOYS WERE CUTTING AND CLEARING BRUSH LIKE MAKING A FIRE STOPER . THE BOYS SWINGING THE AXES WERE MOSTLY COLORED BOYS THEY WERE ABOUT THE 16 MAYBE 17 YRS OLD. AND THE SMALLER BOYS WERE BREAKING ROCKS WITH SLEAGE HAMMER OR PICKING THE AREA THAT YOU PICK LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO DIG A GRAVE IN THE LIMESTONE WITH A PICK ON BOTH ENDS , JUSTICKING THE FUCKING LIME STONE FOR HOURS . ,,, EBERY TWO HOURS WED GET A WATER BREAK TWO CUPS EACH THATS IT , IT LOT FUCKING HOT OUT THERE , THEY EVEN WERE GIVING US SALT TABLETS , AT THE CALICHI PIT ,,, I ALSO SAW I KID NAMED DONALD DAGGET RUN OFF AT THE LOCKUP OUT ST THE CALICHI PIT MR. CUPPS ,HE RAN THE LOCKUP IN THE LATE AFTER NOON TILL BED TIME HED COME ON AT FOUR O CLOCK , SHIFTS CHANGE HED HOP ON ANOTHER HORSE , THE COLORED BOYS CALLED SWEET SIXTEEN, THAT HORSE AS I RECOLLECT WAS A LARGE LOOKING AND WAS PROBALY 16 HANDS HIGH, MR CUPPS I COULD HEAR HIM SAY "GET EM SIX , AND SIXTEEN RODE UP ON THE HILL AND DIDNT TAKE LONG TO BRING DONALD DAGGET OF THE TERRACE UNIT , MAN THEY SHIPPED HIM TOO THE ( MOUNTAIN VEIW ) IN 1967 , THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO THE LOCKUP GO BACK TO THE DAY ROOM TIERD AN DIRTY , DO YOU HOME WORK OR RISK BEING SHIPPED BACK TO LOCKUP IMMEDIATELY THREE DAYS THAT WHAT I GOT. THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINING, OF MY HORRIBLE BAD TRIP AT THE GATESVILLE STATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS., M.A.S
DeleteYA KNOW WHEN YOU GO THOUGH A LOT OF SHIT AND HELL DURING THOSE YRS ALL THE TIES THAT I WENT TO LOCKUP IN THE YR 1967,,, I KEEPED A RECORD IN MY MIND I WENT THOUGH LOCK UP ABOUT THIRTEEN TIMES , I NEVER WAS SENT TO THE MOUTAIN VEIW THOUGH , THATS WHAT EVERY,BOY NEVER WANTED TO BE SENT , BECAUSE IF YOU GOT SENT THERE YOU WERE SUPPOSEDLY NOT ABLE TO GET OUT IN LESS THAN 30 MONTHS ,,,, WEHW I WAS SCARED TO GO THERE BUT TEXAS STILL KEEPED,ME TILL I WAS EIGHTEEN , AND GOT RID OF ME , AFTER GATESVILLE I WENT TO A HALF WAY HOUSE IN FORT WORTH. AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT , I GOT TO JOIN THE FUCKIN U.S. ARMY IN 1970
Deletemy name is JOHN E. LOPES i was one of the last 8 boys to be released in 1979. i was at the sycamore school. what i dont understand is that it is said no more kids were to be send there after 1975 unless they were an escape risk. how the fuck was i supposed to run from Brownwood when were locked down in rooms 24/7! any way i was sent to gatesville in 1977. the conditions wre fuckin disgusting and overcrowded. i have alot of truths to be told and behind every kid whos life was destroyed by TYC. just to let yall know im out here and im free and have survived with what ive had to deal with in life. a reunion would really be nice. the idea of a memorial is an excelent thing. one thing i want to be known yes they beat me and tried to rape me but they never broke me and ill never let them. if there is any state boys still out there write me @ JOHN E. LOPES 308 power street #12 CORPUS CHRISTI TX. 78401
ReplyDeletewell john i knew two boys that did run , from the hackberry unit in fall of 1967 they climbed over the wall of a dormatory number 5at night probably when the night man might fell asleep . from the bunk room to the dayroom dont remember their names i think mr. christain was the late evening at dorm 5 they some how entered the close room and broke the window , and off they went , one of then bet each other a carton of cigaretts,,, which at that time cigaretts a carton were under & 6 .00 their choice was Pall Mall golds the first fitered cigarett by PallMall their names were ( frank & donald ) they were state buddies sworn to an oath between them , they did every thing together. except shower this was the dorm of mr .parr in the morning in the week,, dorm 5 hackberry 1967.............
DeleteSomeone needs to take all our collective memories write them down and make a book out of it. All of us together have quite a story to tell. Also the memories and the damage this place did to us. It needs to be told.
ReplyDeleteThere needs to be a book, there needs to be a reunion and memorial. I think all of us women that have been there on those units have asked questions about the old place. Nobody ever gives an adequate answer. Except you that have been there.
ReplyDeletemishagz, were you there after Gatesville boys school was closed , after 1979 ? or worked there ! i was there 1966- 1970 !give me a ring here . M.A.S.
DeleteI BET IF ANYONE STILL ALIVE FROM THE GATESVILLE COMUNITY IN THE 1960s THEY MIGHT OF BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE MISTREATMENT OF SOME OF THE BOYS THERE . I BET THEY HAVE STORIES TO TELL ,, DEPUTY SHERRIFF MR.CUPPS IN COREYELL COUNTY 1968 , I KNOW HES GONE BUT I DID LIKE HIM , MR.CUPPS RIP....
DeleteMr. Jack Painter is deceased and Mr. Gip Lovejoy. My father was there as a teen, but ended up getting out(?) With Lovejoy as his guardian.. 65-66? His name was James Foster.
DeleteI STILL AFTER FORTY FIVE YEARS STILL FEEL THE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, AND HATRED FOR THIS PLACE AND WHAT THE STATE SYSTEM IN TEXAS PUT ME THROUGH UNESSASSARLY,AND TO TOP IT OFF WITH FORCING MYSELF TO ENLIST IN THE U.S. ARMY . AND DURING THE WORST TIME OF US. HISTORY , BECAUSE OF VEINAM HAD NO OTHER CHOICE , AT LEAST I GOT OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS . I LIKE TEXAS , AND THEIR PEOPLE, BUT THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT REMINDS ME OF DICTATOR DUCK HEADED OLD FARTS FOUND IN THE GATEVILLE MEMORIES OF PIG FARMERS ....
ReplyDeletei still to this day remember the names that re lated to me , i must remember over fifty boys and dorm men who were there during those awful part of my life that was stolen from me just to keep a group of pig farkers employed , i never did any thing wrong except get kicked out of public school and being truent , send me to gatesville because of that . im sure my (step mother)had something to do with it , so much for juveinal justis ....wheres my records the sysytem has probably burnt them , they said they destoy records after 20 yrs , , why keep records at all , to coverup their lies in the future. hey its the american way.,,,
DeleteMy last stint there was 1975. My name is ruben pena. Me and my brother joe were known as the pen brothers.We were involved in a lot of the riots. I was one of the spokesman with william justice at hilltop. I'm glad it's all over with and I know that the kids after me would not endure what I went through. I do not regret busting windows or raising hell. Would like to meet you guys sometime.
ReplyDeleteODALAY RUBEN,PENA WHERE YU AT NOW? MIKE SCHWINN
ReplyDeleteIM STILL THINKING WHAT THE HELL THIS PLACE HAS DONE TO ME , AND PUTTING MY LIFE IN JEOPARDY SEVERAL TIMES ESPEACIALY DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE UNIT WITH ITS WATER MOCKISAIN SNAKES , I HAD AT ONE TIME THE TURD SIFFTER JOB FOR A FEW DAYS ,DOWN ON THE BORDER OF LIVEOAK AND RIVERSIDE SCHOOL, THAT JOB DIDNT LAST ME LONG , I WAS GLAD THEY PUT ME IN THE LAUNDRY TOO , I SAW ONE BLACK KID GOT HIS HAND STUCK IN ONE OF THE SHIRT PRESSES THERE, THAT WAS NT TOO PRETTY,, LEE JACKON OF THE 5TH WARD HOUSTON TEX , I REALLY REMEMBER SURPRISINGLY TO EVEN MY SELF , THIS PLACE HAS HAUNTED ME FOR SOME YRS NOW , AND I NEVER GOT TO SAY ANYTHING IN MY DEFENCE TOWARD THIS HELL HOLE , , I THINK EVEN THEY ARMY WAS BETTER THAN THIS , DAMN
ReplyDeleteHAPPY VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11 , 2013 , TO ALL GATESVILLE BOYS ,THAT MIGHT OF HAD THE PRIVLEGE TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY , DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT IN 1968, I JOINED IN 1970 WHEN IWAS RELEASED FROM THIS PLACE ,BUT IN 1968 -69, MR.ROY BLUM , MARCHING US BACK FROM THE EARLY MORING CHOW HALL , BACK TO B COMPANY WHERE ANOTHER SUPERVISOR APPROCHED HIM AND TOLD HIM SOMETHING , AND THAT SOMETHING WAS THAT THE US.ARMY OVER IN KAISON VIETNAM HAD BEEN JUST OVER RAN BY THE VEIT CONG AND THAT ABOUT 5000. OF OUR BOYS WERE KILLED DURING THIS BATTLE , AND HE KIND OF YELLED AT ME , AND SAID " SCHWINN " THERES A WHOLE LOT OF MEN DIEING FOR YOUR FREEDOM RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK,,,, AND COULD HERE SOME COLORED BOY SPEAKE UP AND SAY ANIT NOBODY DYIN FOR ME , AND I ANIT NEVER GONA FIGHT FOR THIS BULLSHIT COUNTRY ,,,, AND I COULD HEAR MR BLUM SAY THEY WOULDNT HAVE YOUR SORRY ASS BOY , AND THEN BUT AT THAT MOMENT , I KNEW WHAT MAMA , SAID YOUR GONING TO NEED HEALTH CARE MICHAEL SO GO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES , AND WHEN THINGS AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE IN FORT WORTH GOT A FUNKY I DECIDE NAVY , WELL HELLS BELLS , THE DAMNED NAVY DIDNT WANT ME , THE CHEFPETTY OFFICER POINTED TO THE BOYS IN THE GREEN U.S. ARMY HERE I COME , THEY TOOK ME , AND TO THIS DAY THANK THE LORD , IT GOT ME OUT OF THE TEXAS THUMB OF HELL AND REPRESSION AND TORTURE . AMEN AND TO THIS DAY I USE MY VETERANS BENIFITS ,FOR HEALTH CARE ,
ReplyDeleteSomeone make a movie or write a book about this place. It would be therapy for these men and get it out of their system and also show the world what a awful place this was.
ReplyDeleteand still is !
DeleteIf there is ever a reunion of this place let me know I’m 73 was there in 64 , 9620 old Lockhart rd Austin Texas 78747, May be meet old friend I left behind, this place was a bad place .
DeleteAll of y'all must had done your time in sissy schools,I was in Oklahoma ll on Hilltop, what they called The Next Stop before Mt.View,we had a lot of strong counters,including white dudes that counted with us ESES,on several occasions we had the black dudes running during race riots,if you were weak then you needed to stay away from us,we never cried about all the punishment handed to us,we just took it because that was a sign of weakness, so why cry now homies,DxTx in da house
ReplyDeletefirst of all , if you were there man ,im glad you, made it out a that shit hole , yes the eses had their own little world they were in and sometimes ignored that Dorm man and paid for it usually by getting slapped on the back , I felt for these Spanish boys , but I must say they did indeed take theirs what was issued , by the man without too much noise, just a lot of (chingathas ) if ya know what that means !
DeleteYea carnal we did take a lot of shit just to prove we were hard, it just didn't stop there carnal because when we got home you were judged by your friends if they knew you were a punk there they would disown you and that shit was hard especially if you still lived in the same hood, but what the hell, were still here bro.
DeleteTHE ESES USED TO LIKE TO SHINE THEIR SHOWS A LOT DURING THE WEEK END ,,IF THEY WERENT DOING SOMEKIND OF PUNISHING (HOME WORK), IN MY DORM HACKBERRY 5 THE NEW ESES HAD TO RUN OFF AND GO TO LOCK -UP ATLEAST ONE TIME IN ORDER TO FIT IN WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP. THAT ( RUN AS IT WAS CALLED KIND OF GAVE THEM SOME SORT OF RANK AMONGEST THE SPANISH BOYS ) THEY RAN ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN SETTLE DOWN AND GO HOME ALL IN ABOUT 6 TO NINE MONTHS, AND THEN I NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN ,,
ReplyDeleteDOES ANYONE THAT MIGHT OF BEEN IN THE ADJUSTMENT CENTER IN THOSE YEARS REMEMBER ( MR . HEVY NICHOLES) HE WAS A HORSEMAN , AND ALLWAYS DROVE ONE OF THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE JEEPS , TO HELP PICK UP AND DELIEVER THE BOY TO THE WORK AREA OR GOING TO THE RECEPTION CENTER FOR WHAT EVER , I WAS GLAD ONE AFTERNOON WHEN ( MR. NICHOLES CAME TO PICK ME UP TO TAKE ME TO THE RECEPTION TO SEE A SHRINK DOCTOR , CANT REMEMBER HIS NAME , BUT MR. NICHOLES LIKED ME FOR SOME REASON , BE GAVE ME SOME RAISINS IN A SMALL BOX,SUNMAID AS A MATTER OF FACT ,, YEA WHY, I HAD AN INFECTION , DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS , BUT THE STAFF , CALLED IT A RISE-ON , I FOUND OUT YEARS LATER THAT I PROBABLY PICKED UP A STAFF INFECTION , AND IT WASNT LEAVING MY SYSTEM , THE RISE=ON S WERE (BOILS ) THAT JUST POPPED UP, MAN WERE THESE PAINFUL,,, WHEN TO SICK CALL AND THE HOSPITAL ( NEVER ONCE GAVE ME ANY ANTIBIOTCS FOR THIS ) THEY JUST PUT WHAT THEYCALLED A BLACK SAV ON IT , AND SENT ME BACK TO LOCKUP TO BE PUNISHED FOR SOME TRIVIAL OFFENCE , THESE ASSOLES WERE TAKEING A FORM OF TORCHER AGAINST ME AND OTHERS . SO MUCH FOR JUVENILE JUSTIS !
ReplyDeleteLook out Schwinn, what year were u on Hilltop, maybe u know some homies, strong white dudes Glen Hollis D Town,Rex Hatch, Marvin(chicken man) Higgs, Sna (world name was snake) but u know we couldn't call him that lol,eses were Rudy Rios SanAnto, Rudy Robles El Feio Plainview,Tx, Bobby Perez El Panson DxTx, Joe Gonzales DxTx,Rocky Guttirez ,DxTx, u know Schwinn tell the truth after all the shit, it was fun especially if u counted, At least here we are writing about this fucked up place
ReplyDeleteYEA I DO REMEMBER A WHITE KID TALLER THAN I AND HE HAD A TATOO ON HIS ARM ( SNA ) HE USED TO SIT BY ME IN COMPANY ( B ) A COULP CHAIRS DOWN , HE WENT HOME BEFOR ME , I LEFT FOR THE JOB CORPS AT CAMP GEARY AT SAN MARCOS IN FEB 12 1969.. IS THAT YOU SNA ,, USED TO TALK ABOUT CHOPPERS AND MOTOR CYCLES A LITTLE , WELL ANY WAY SNA , I LIVE HERE IN FRISCO ,CALIF . WE RIDE AND SUPORT 81 RED AND WHITE ,, AND HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 74, SNA HOPE YOU ARIGHT BOY !GOOD LUCK , I ALSO HAVE TOUCHED BASE WITH A BOY AS FAR BACK AS 1967 , HACKBERRY DORM 5 ALTHAT YEAR OF HELL , THEN LIVEOAK THEN TERRACE AND HILTOP
DeleteI WANT WRITE MORE ABOUT THIS JOINT BUT MY LIFSTYLE AND MY TREATMENT INTERFERE SOMETIME S, I BET YOU MUST OF HAD STORIES TO TELL ,, EAY ( SNA ).
DeleteI was sent to GSSB in 1962 for taking a shotgun that belonged to my grandfather without permission. He didn't know that I had taken it and reported it to the police. When the police discovered that I had the gun it was turned over to the Juvenal Authorities and there was nothing my parents or my grandfather could do. I spent my 15th birthday in solitary confinement in the county jail where I stayed for 30 days awaiting a decision from the Juvenal Judge. I never had any legal representation or trial and even though my parents and my grandfather pleaded with the judge to let me come home, he decided that I needed to go to reform school. I was no angle when I was 15 but I never deserved what happened to me. This broke my grandfathers heart and he spent the rest of his life blaming himself for what happened to me. Spending 30 days in solitary at 15 was a terrifying experience. I would pace the floor at night listening to the insane or drunk inmates screaming all through the night an just cry till I had no more tears. Little did I know that things were about to get much worse. When I arrived at the reception center in Gatesvillle it was mixed race and mixed ages. I was there for about a week and some of the boys there were really mean bad kids. I would be sitting in a chair and someone in the row behind me would just hit me in the head with a big wooden ashtray for no reason at all. By the time I left reception I had knots all over the back of my head and no one in authority cared. I was assigned to Terrace unit 2 bed 15. At this time it was totally segregated and I am no racist but I was glad. With few exceptions, I never really had any problems with the other boys but the staff was another story. There were a few threats and vicious comments but I let them know right away that I would stand up for myself and no one ever bothered me. I was a pretty good sized kid and I kept up my bluff as one not to fuck with very well. I actually became very good friends with a lot of the boys in my dorm even though I never contacted any of them after I got out simply because this was a chapter in my life that I just wanted to put behind me. The staff however was a different story. With few exceptions they were the most evil, sadistic, redneck ,mean bastards I ever met in my life. T hoes that didn't fit this description just didn't care what went on while they were on duty and just wanted to get through their shift and go home. Strange as it may seem today, we were allowed to smoke in our day-room and could order cigarettes through the commissary once a week, if we had money in our account. I think they were 25 cents per pack and you could get all kinds of candy bars for a nickle. My parents always made sure I had money in my account although I'm sure they never suspected that I was buying cigs with it. I was there for eight months and after a couple of months I became a cloths room boy which at that time was a real honor. We got some special privileges but it also came with a lot of responsibility and if you screwed up it could be hell to pay. could write a book about the number of times I was hit, slapped, kicked, or tortured physically, mentally or verbally but there are two that stick in my mind most of all. It was a week end that my parents and my brother were coming to visit me which meant that I got to go to town and eat in a restaurant, go to the swimming pool and stay in a motel until Sunday afternoon. I think this only happened twice in the eight months I was there so I was really excited. I was so excited that I forgot to polish my shoes which we always had to do for Sunday church. I knew I would not be going to church Sunday so I didn't think it was that important. When I got back Sunday afternoon the guard on duty asked me why I had not polished my shoes and I told him I had forgotten to do it because my parents were coming.. I remember this guys name very well but I am not going to give it because I am pretty sure he is dead by now and I hope he is paying for what he did in hell.
ReplyDeleteHe was a little short fat Spanish and the fact is I could have probably easily kicked his ass under any other circumstances but not here. He told me to follow him and we left the dorm and went across the street to the offices where being Sunday no one was there. We went into the office where he pulled out a pair of leather gloves and put them on. He proceeded to beat me in the face until my nose was bloody and I had two black eyes and bruising all over my face. He kept saying "I'll bet you won't forget again. Will You?" I begged and pleaded for him to stop and promised I would never forget again but he just kept hitting me. After he beat on me until his arms were tired he made it a point to tell me that nobody outside the gates cared about what happened inside because we were all just a bunch of thugs that needed whatever we got and I truly believed him.
ReplyDeleteThe other time was a result of that responsibility I mentioned that came with being a cloths room boy. One morning we were supposed to put our linens in a bag and place them at the curb for the laundry man to pick up. I don't know why but for some reason all four of the cloths room boy were confused about what day it was and went to breakfast without putting the laundry out on pick up day. When we got back the laundry man was there and called us all outside. After chewing our asses out for a while he made us line up and hold our arms out in front of us and just stand there. This was late July or early August in central Texas and we were standing in direct sunlight. He told us to stand there like that until he got back and we better not let our arms fall. He was gone for over an hour and two of the boys passed out from the heat and were on the ground when he got back. He walked up and kicked them and they did not move. Two of us were still standing and he told us to drag the other two boys into the shade and get them some water which we needed as well. Looking back on this I know that those boys could have died and it is a wonder that they didn't. We finally revived them by sprinkling water in their faces and nothing else was ever said about it. I can't tell how many days I spent working in the fields with a hoe all day in the hot sun like a slave or on my knees pulling weeds out of the ground for hours at a time. What we (all of us boys) endured was more than anyone should be put through, especially in a free and supposedly legal society. I new that Gatesville had become a women's prison but until I accidentally stumbled on this blog today I wasn't aware of the court ruling that deemed it cruel and unusual punishment. I can't tell you how good it makes me feel to know that somebody on the outside finally realized what was going on there. I am afraid that this sort of thing is still going on in many facilities across this nation and it is because nobody on the outside really cares. Well I care! I am 68 years old and I have to believe that those sadistic bastards that did these things are all dead by now and I hope they rot in hell. Just to mention, I became a successful real estate broker and made several million dollars during my career. which only shows that there is still hope out there even for the least of us.
ReplyDeletei went straight from reception center to mountain view.from 71 to 73,it wasnt real.c\s
ReplyDeletedid you happen to know a guy named Eddie Stringer? he was my father...i have a picture of him an another boy with the last name of Prescott that was taken March 18, 1972 at the Gatesville State School for Boys. I'm trying to find anyone that might have known him so that I can learn a little more about his (most likely very sad) past. please find me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/sarahdstringer
Deletedoesnt look like anyone has visited this site in a couple of years. let me know if anyone is still around.
ReplyDeleteWas there in GSSB from April 62 to July 75. AKA Snake. Was in Terrace 1,3,5 and 6. Then was sent to Hill Top Washington Hall. Guards Cooper, Rutherford, Phillips, Williams were some real mean son of a bitches. They enjoyed beating the hell out you. Put your back to the wall and pull your jacket down over your arms and hit you in the stomach, my stomach was so black and blue for weeks. or they would use a broom on your ass till it broke. Had no blacks there till end of 63. Blacks were kept at Riverside. Thank god for that! Was there when Taylor and Morris broke out. Pull a gun on the Head superintendent. Also met Shoemaker before he kill the shop teacher. Had people there from Oklahoma, New York. people like Nick St John Mark Pope (AKA Brenda Lee) K, Calloway, L Marsh, J Hubbard, D Scott. It was a Hell Hole.
ReplyDelete1962-1963 Wyoming right behind reception.Brooms and punches to the gut were regular punishments.
DeleteMr Click was my probation officer and after I was released was brought in to make a statement about the abuses there. Click told me if I said anything bad about the time I was there I would be remanded until my 18th birthday and then sent to Huntsville. I testified my time there was nothing but roses and butterflies. It took me about 6 months after being released to regain my night vision. Those fluorescent lights were never turned off. I do sometimes dream of the noon steam whistle.
Kevi here,
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Thrown in for two joints.
I was one of tha last ones to be bought back at the Great escape.
Kevin Long
The brothers
any body out there.
An the guaRD with one leg
ONE LEG
i AGREE,
A movie. They made one about Mustangs in NV, 2018. why not us gssfboys...
Mr. Don Weber one-legged Weber
DeleteDoes anyone remember a Robert "Bobby" Fisher.. He would have been in there during the 50's
ReplyDeletei am still around . went to mt view in 71 left in 73
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ReplyDeleteanyone got anything to say about mt view
ReplyDeleteIs this blog still up a running? My father was at the school in the 60's and i am wondering if anyone knew him. I know nothing about any unit he would have been at, but he got out and went with a man that became his guardian, mr. Lovejoy.
ReplyDeleteAnybody know a Larry or Charles Campbell that were there in late 60/ early 70s? They were originally from Longview Tx. Thank you you for any information.
ReplyDeleteanybody out there spent any time in mt. view?
ReplyDeleteReal hell hole I was there 64 to 65 hilltop lousiana hall c company I didn't think I was going to make it out
ReplyDeleteI ran twice each time spent a week in lock up digging calichi and getting my ass kicked by the guards, I used to fantasize about going back one day to repay the guards for the crap they did
To me and the other kids but slowly faded I'm now 73 years old married for
47 year and very thankful I never carried out any of the bad thoughts they
created in my mind, I'm sure their being
Purnished in hell hopefully !
The state of texas continues their abuse of children.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-foster-facilty-neglect-allegations-bastrop-the-refuge-child-protective-services/273-ce5d985a-50b3-48a3-911c-a5726ac96674