TDCJ Marriages by BCSC

03/02/2026

03/01/2026

On January 21, 2026 in Dallas, Texas, something powerful happened. The Dallas County Commissioners Court declared Tommy Lee Walker innocent 70 years after the state executed him for the 1953 death of Venice Parker, according to the Innocence Project. Walker was just 19 years old when he was arrested, and officials now say his case was shaped by racial bias, unreliable evidence, and a coerced confession.

Back then, Dallas was gripped by fear during a racially charged “manhunt,” and police arrested hundreds of Black men while searching for answers. Walker said he did not do it, and he had a strong alibi with ten different witnesses because he was at the hospital for the birth of his son, Edward Lee Smith. But investigators focused on him anyway, and the review found the interrogation tactics and trial failures were deeply unfair.

For Walker's family, this was a wrong finally being brought into the open. Smith spent decades carrying the pain of losing his father he barely got to know while the world believed a lie. Tommy Lee Walker was always innocent. And while this verdict can't bring him back, his name is finally cleared, and his innocence is restored.

(Photo: Courtesy of Shelby Tauber for the Innocence Project | Hayes Collection / Dallas Public Library)

02/24/2026

Breaking Chains and Staying Connected is teaming up with Lil Juli’s Warriors to pass out Easter Baskets to our children in need.
If you know of someone in need please send them our way. Text or call 832-713-3211 🙌🙏🏻

02/21/2026

02/21/2026

02/20/2026

We are here to serve you call or text 832-713-3211 🙌

02/19/2026

02/19/2026

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02/19/2026

This year, I have decided to reopen the Breaking Chains Staying Connected Clothes Closet. As the beginning of Lent,I would like to challenge you to participate in a 40-day clothing donation initiative.

Lent commences today, Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Each day, I encourage you to remove one item from your closet that you no longer wear or require. Place this item in a trash bag and donate it to our BCSC Clothes Closet at the end of the 40 days.

The donated items will be distributed to individuals who are newly released from prisons or jail facilities. If you feel inclined to participate, please comment, text my husband or me at 832-713-3211, or contact me directly.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

Follow Breaking Chains and Staying Connected group for the next forty days for updates 🙏🏻🩷🙌

11/08/2025

Join us Dec 6 as we collect new unwrapped toys of children of an incarcerated parent in our jails/prisons system. Thank you as you give 🙏🏻

11/07/2025

Breaking chains and stain connected is here to serve our community, please call me at 832-713-3211.

04/17/2024

Such a tragic story my prayers for the family

56.9K likes, 2459 comments. “The grieving parents of a 7-year-old girl who was tragically killed when a sand hole on a beach collapsed on top of her are speaking out.”