Jorge Antonio Renaud is the author of Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends ofT exas Prison Inmates, published by the University of North Texas Press. He was a copy editor at the Austin American-Statesman and the Waco Tribune-Herald. The Houston Trial Lawyers Association awarded him the 2003 First Amendment Award for his defence of free speech while the editor of the Texas prisons newspaper, The Echo. His short fiction, poems, memoirs, and essays have taken many prizes in the PEN Prison Writing Contest over the years. "Convicts and Communities" took third place in nonfiction in 2007. Now free, Jorge is involved with reentry initiatives in Texas, specifically working to develop and offer cognitive-behavioural programs to all Texas convicts. He offers consultation services to anyone interested in Texas prisons through his website, exforgood.com.
