Interpretation ID: nht92-2.29

DATE: 11/16/92

FROM: DONALD RAY MCCRAY -- 620694, DARRINGTON UNIT

TO: ANDREW H. CARD -- SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

TITLE: NONE

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 2-9-93 FROM JOHN WOMACK TO DONALD RAY MCCRAY (A40; STD. 207)

TEXT: MY NAME IS DONALD RAY MCCRAY, I HOPE THIS LETTER FINE YOU WITH A LITTLE TIME TO READ AND UNDERSTAND WHY THIS LETTER HAVE BEEN ADDRESS, TO-WIT IN MAKING YOU AWARE OF THE VIOLATION AND BRAKING OF STATE AND FEDEROL LAW: BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT, OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TRANSPORATION, DIVISION. ON THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1992, THE DAY I WAS TRANSFERED FROM THE WALLS UNIT IN HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS TO THE DARRINGTON UNIT IN ROSHARON, TEXAS. I WAS TRANSFERED IN BUS UNIT #51261, LIC 501-900, TO-WIT HAD N SEAT COVERS OR PADS, THE SEATS WARE MADE OF MEDAL AND COOL, THIS UNIT PROVIDED NO HEAT. I AND OTHER INMATES WAS TRANSPORTED IN THIS UNIT AT A SPEED OF 70 TO 80 MILES PER HOURS, FOR THREE (3) HOURS OR MORE. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THIS UNIT #51261, LIC #501-900, WOULD IMMEDIATELY BECOME A KNIFE TO-WIT A DEADLY WEAPON.

WEREFORE IN CLOSING: DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION IS IN VIOLATION OF STATE AND FEDEROL LAWS, AND HOUSE BILL 2335, STATE POLICY. I HAVE TAKING THE LIBERTIE IN NOTIFYING THE STATE GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THIS MATTER. AFTER RIDEING IN THIS UNIT, I EXPERIENCE (BUTT AND LOW BACK [Illegible Words] HAVING STATEMENT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING[Illegible Word]

[Illegible Word] COULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR [Illegible Word] OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AUSTIN, TEXAS

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS) AUSTIN, TEXAS