TPI is submitting comment reports about deficient PREA audits of Texas prisons. We note that even though funding has been cut for all PREA support activities by the current administration, TPI will continue to post PREA audit comments as long as they are released, and we will continue to bring to light abuses that sometimes are and always should be covered by PREA.
TPI has developed a simple auditor tool for auditors to see current information about any unit that we have in our system, providing important PREA-related information concerning these facilities.
Content warning: Some of these letters describe threats and incidents of violence that may be disturbing. We will note whether each letter is considered a low, moderate, or high risk for being disturbing. We consider this letter to be low risk.
The following letter report is TPI’s report of deficiencies we were able to identify with the 2025 audit of the TDCJ Middleton Unit. Access to the audit report is currently denied at the PREA Resource Center web site, and TDCJ has not posted the report online (they are required to make the report publicly available). If anyone would like a copy of the report, please contact TPI at admin@tpride.org.
Audit deficiencies discussed in our comment letter include the reporting of questionable information, reporting of false information, use of problematic problematic language, and apparent failures to comply with minimum audit requirements. The report overall is cursory and provides scant detail substantiating conclusions. Very little information from interviews was used. Based on the deficiencies identified in this comment, it appears that compliance is questionable for at least 11 standards, there is an indication compliance is not met for one standard, and the report documents a failure to comply with three standards with no corrective action required.