[March 2019]: I had been locked away for 75 days already, unable to even imagine posting my $175k bail set. The reality was, I’d recently been extradited to Williamson County after 60 days in Travis County Jail without any contact with my hired lawyer. Learning that the 8th Amendment was concise but also very clear, I wanted to file a motion for bail reduction and was confident in a strong argument on TxCCP Article 17.15 & 17.151 grounds — since I hadn’t yet been formally charged, or indicted, thus far. In the case review I labored through in my first ninety (90) days. I knew that this meant the prosecution had to deem itself ready for trial. By my ninetieth day, I was denied a court appearance because my assumed representation had never filed upon my case, I wondered — what next?

​Living in or around major cities my entire life exposed me to various culture, social and economic statuses in what felt like the entire world within my community. It was very unnatural for me not to see homeless people on a normal basis, especially under highway bridges, or woods. I am not as young as I once was so now I know how ridiculous, shameful and flat out morally inhumane it is to not see Housing as a basic human right.