He said that the problem of prison rape is real and that Texas is committed to solving it. 'There seems to have been a lot of doubt about his motives and his ability to present evidence.' 'These allegations were investigated by the internal-affairs branch of our agency,' Reynolds said. Officials deny they mishandled the complaints and the ugly comments attributed to them.Ĭarl Reynolds, the general counsel of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which runs the Texas prisons, said Johnson's complaints were properly handled. They suggested that he was enjoying the rapes. At prison hearings, Johnson said, officials would take pleasure in his plight. The officials did nothing, saying Johnson's claims could not be corroborated. Johnson's suit says he begged prison officials to move him to a unit called safekeeping, where homosexuals, former gang members and convicted police officers live.
