This monthly newspaper, produced by and for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system, contains news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works such as poetry and fiction, and other information. For a study of the purpose and effectiveness of this publication, see A Critical Examination of "The Echo": Prison Publication of the Texas Department of Corrections, a 1977 thesis by NTSU Journalism student David A. Hadeler.

Part of a series of teaching modules for training workers in various areas of occupational home economics. This particular module includes an anthology of poems and prose excerpts about love and old age, general attitudes toward aging, religious perspectives on aging, and death and dying that can be used to stimulate discussions among students about how different people experience the aging process.