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18 Sep, 2007 3:01 am
... approved for parole," Sept. 18): State Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens confirmed Monday that a special parole
review panel approved the conditions of release ... role." When conditions are approved for other offenders, the details are public. But Troy Fox, Owens' assistant, said Monday that Youth Commission officials kept the files after the Friday ... incarcerated in TYC, we can't give you any information about
him," Owens said. I don't have anything to hide ... but I've been told ...
8 Feb, 2007 5:24 am
... be interviewed on camera. Period. The flack did provide some statistics responding to the questions Greenblatt was shouting after Owens as
she scurried away from him at the capitol last week, but I thought they were presented in a misleading way. Here ... the Sunset Commission's point! The Parole Board is CAUSING Texas'
overincarceration problem. What a disingenuous response! No wonder Rissie Owens doesn't want to speak on camera. UPDATE: From the "Just
the facts, ma'am," department, see page 17 of ...
8 Oct 10:02 pm
... It's pretty darn rare, and quite astonishing, for parole board chair Rissie Owens to be held personally liable in such a case - that
implies that she was acting outside the ... he'd already ordered hearings in the same case on two different occasions and Owens defied him.
Thus TDCJ's legal advice did not shield her ... tells us something about the attitudes of legal counsel at TDCJ, doesn't it? They advised Owens
to take a course of action so blatantly unconstitutional and in violation of federal court ...
12 Feb, 2007 5:14 pm
I mentioned last week that Parole Board Chairwoman Rissie Owens, whose husband Ed is the number two man at the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, had refused an on-camera interview with ... this list of questions that should be asked in writing of the Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie
Owens: 1) How many parole applicants have you actually met? 2) How ... you got? Let me know what else you'd like to know from Ms.
Owens, and perhaps we'll submit the questions in writing and see what happens? To ...
13 Nov 2:57 am
... Nov. 13): The Tuesday decision absolves Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens of personal liability in actions
against Ray Curtis Graham and still leaves ... are estimated at more than $100,000. In his new order, Sparks wrote that Owens has been aware of
problems in the parole system but did nothing until the ... make her personally liable in this case." He left intact the portion of the verdict that determined that Owens and state Parole Director Stuart Jenkins had violated Graham's ...
31 Jan, 2007 6:27 am
... 's statements pinning the bulk of Texas' prison overcrowding problems on her agency. Owens, who wore a deep scowl, wanted no part of that
conversation. She power-walked away ... go, but by then a space opened up for her to squeeze through, and Rissie Owens was gone. The
next reporter who gets that chance, I hope they also ask Ms ... interested, here's a webcast of a Nov. 14, 2006 Sunset Commission hearing where Owens was forced to grumpily and defiantly answer some of those questions in response to Sen. ...
31 Aug 8:08 am
The Austin Statesman's Mike Ward brings word ("Court cases forcing change at parole agency," Aug. 31) of a recent clash between US District Judge Sam Sparks and an attorney from the
Board of Pardons and Parole: U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks had heard enough. After several days of listening to attorneys for the State of Texas defend the state parole board's
operations, he became exasperated by the testimony of a parole board lawyer. "The lady is wrong. She is stating issues of the law that are ...
12 Mar, 2007 8:03 am
... above. Damn, that was quick! Yesterday in the Dallas Morning News, Diane Jennings wrote that Owens' appointment " was greeted warmly around
the state." She quoted Democratic House Corrections ... references. I get the feeling the party's only just begun. Related Grits coverage on TYC and the Owens family: Settled lawsuit alleges TYC's Ed ... chief threatens employees? Corrections Committee bills focus on TYC Reflections on a weird day Questioning
Rissie Owens Rissie Owens still won't talk Following ...
10 Mar, 2007 1:36 pm
... whole thing, if you've a mind to, but for Owens, husband of parole board chief Rissie Owens and the former #2 man at the Texas Department of Criminal ... import of the Buentello case lies in whether he ignored pleas of his subordinates. Is the
Owens family holding one of Gov. Perry's family members hostage somewhere ... payment instead of a public defense in court. We don't know from
this document what Owens did in response to the complaints he received from subordinates, and it sounds from my sources ...
27 May, 2007 5:39 am
... Human Services Commission). Kimbrough's departure leaves former TDCJ #2 man Ed Owens Czar of the TYC system for the next two years. I've
already explained why I don' ... the Governor did not solicit my opinion before Mr. Owens' elevation to czar status. Owens' wife, Rissie is also a Perry appointee - she chairs the state's Board of ... at TDCJ (the state settled a lawsuit last year, e.g., that alleged
Mr. Owens covered up sexual harassment charges against a high level employee at that agency). Plenty ...
28 May, 2007 1:48 am
Texas Parole Board chief Rissie Owens doesn't care if the Legislature created special programs and facilities to guide and implement the
parole process, ... Wells inmates is any closer to release than inmates elsewhere in the system, estimated Rissie Owens, chairwoman of
the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The other 90 percent ... would mean in the perfect world - that they're going to be released," said Ms. Owens. "The purpose, the role, whatever of the pre-parole transfer facility? Talk to TDCJ," Ms ...
26 Sep, 2007 12:37 am
... her legal power, but I also know that in a marriage it can be dangerous to challenge the Missus, so Owens and Pope decided to re-interpret
the law rather than force the parole board ... the parole board - he should insist the chair he appointed respect the law). With Ed Owens on
his way out, perhaps the Governor should take this opportunity to reshuffle things at ... : TYC General Counsel could have prevented wrongful incarceration of TYC youth Rissie
Owens drawn into TYC parole mess for 19-20 year olds
25 Feb, 2007 2:32 pm
For whatever reason, probably because my recent Rissie Owens Watch (she's the chair of the state board of pardons and parole, see here,
here, and here) I've received quite a few private emails recently asking advice about a relative's particular parole case. I'm flattered you'd think I could help you, but the truth is I
probably couldn't, and anyway am in no position personally to do so. On these and other inmate-related questions let me ...
1 Mar, 2007 5:34 am
... purpose: To pass a resolution by Sen. John Whitmire calling for the board of the troubled Texas Youth Commission to be abolished and for the agency to be placed under a
"conservator." Meanwhile Governor Perry appointed Ed Owens, husband of Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens, as the new executive director of TYC. I thought TYC's board did that, but like I said, it was a weird day. Perhaps later, ...
8 May, 2007 2:47 am
... the calendar before Thursday) that would increase use of statutory provisions for medical releases from prison, Parole Board Chair Rissie Owens has proposed altering one of the rules identified in committee hearings as a barrier in current rules to more medical-based ... -time lows. Chairman
Madden's legislation would have required this change anyway, but it's good to see Mrs. Owens (whose husband Ed is now executive director of the
Texas Youth Commission) proposing the change of her own accord. ...
3 Apr, 2008 8:16 am
... other parole-related matters, Sen. Whitmire and parole board chair Rissie Owens have clearly been engaged in significant behind the
scenes disagreements over ... give a detailed explanation when their decisions fail to fall within release guidelines. Owens claimed technical
barriers to implementation that quite frankly I found disingenuous and easily ... help" her figure out how to implement the law. There was tension, but Mrs. Owens did not exhibit the level of open defiance she has in the past. Whitmire ...
7 Jul, 2007 1:38 am
... down before the music stopped as the number two man at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, replacing Ed Owens who as regular readers
know went on to become Executive Director, then conservator of the Texas Youth Commission. Reported ... a parole officer, Lyons said. For anyone who watches Texas corrections closely,
this move inspires little confidence. Under Collier's leadership, he and Parole Board chair Rissie Owens have together driven down Texas
parole rates to their lowest point in state ...
9 Feb, 2007 6:26 am
... hearing: Some TX prisons are 62% staffed, trustees doing guards' work Whitmire and Madden: Programmatic decisions, not population growth, causing prison overcrowding Fabelo: 'We've
created the Walmart of prisons in Texas' Following Rissie Owens Fabelo: Plummeting parole rates, excessive probation revocation boost
prison overcrowding Texas' high incarceration rate yields lesser crime reductions Waiting lists for ...
19 Feb 2:06 am
... make fair decisions on the parole board? (Photo via Unfair Park.) The other two parole board members named were reappointed veterans, board chair Rissie Owens and Juanita Gonzalez of Round Rock. I frequently disagree with Rissie Owens, who as presiding officer
exercises significant control over the board's direction, but I'd never say she's unqualified. In Mrs. Perkins' case, though, I fear the Governor is putting politics over what's ...
13 Nov 2:09 pm
... sex crime. The Tuesday decision absolves Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens of personal liability in actions
against Ray Curtis Graham and still leaves ... are estimated at more than $100,000. In his new order, Sparks wrote that Owens has been aware of
problems in the parole system but did nothing until the ... her personally liable in this case." He left intact the portion of the verdict that determined that Owens and state Parole Director Stuart Jenkins had violated Graham's ...
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