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1 Dec 2012, 6:49 pm
Don was charged with a third degree felony and enhanced to Habitual Felon status – 25 years to life – and in the spirit of this insane, feel good sound good legislation (3 strikes and you’re out law) the prosecutor offered 25 years with the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 9:21 am
The gist: Turnover among corrections officers has been on the rise statewide since 2006, according to department data. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 8:34 am
The Texas House Corrections Committee will meet March 17 at the capitol to discuss one of its interim charges:Charge 2: Study and evaluate the availability and efficiency of community-based corrections supervision and treatment programs and their impact on prison capacity and recidivism rates. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 2:38 am
After Thomas received medical treatment, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Corrections transferred him to the Jester 4 Psychiatric Unit in Richmond where he remains as of this writing. [read post]
25 Aug 2012, 1:34 pm
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) has hired a new executive director: Michael Griffiths, the highly regarded retired director of Dallas County’s juvenile justice program, was hired this afternoon as the new executive director of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 1:12 pm
It's like the Board of Prisons or Department of Corrections for kids. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 6:59 am
A new, quite user-unfriendly preliminary report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on law enforcement expenditures and employment gives a 30,000-foot perspective of Texas and national criminal-justice spending.Out of the total $283,554,687,000 that BJS estimates Americans paid for criminal-justice in 2015, here's the big picture breakdown of how it was spent:Police: 47.8%Judicial: 21.6%Corrections: 30.6%Texas, though, spent a greater proportion on… [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 6:07 am
Quite a bit of news rolling in today on proposed Texas prison expansions - first House Correction Chairman Jerry Madden's news that Texas may expand its Intermediate Sanction Facilities for parolees by 2,000-2,250 beds, now Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire wants to turn two juvenile correctional facilities into two adult prisons with 1,000 beds each. [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 11:29 am
More than 80 percent of women held in Texas correctional facilities are mothers. [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 11:29 am
More than 80 percent of women held in Texas correctional facilities are mothers. [read post]
11 Feb 2007, 7:34 am
Two articles this morning show that many practitioners who know most about Texas' corrections system think it needs a dramatic overhaul. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 6:49 pm
Don was charged with a third degree felony and enhanced to Habitual Felon status – 25 years to life – and in the spirit of this insane, feel good sound good legislation (3 strikes and you’re out law) the prosecutor offered 25 years with the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 4:24 am
The agenda for Monday's Texas House Corrections committee meeting was scrapped and replaced with a new one that focuses on TYC, plus one bill from Rep. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 10:12 am
"Whitmire said while he's proud of Texas correctional officers' hard work, given the environment they work in, he's concerned that standards have been lowered to recruit correctional officers. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 6:03 am
The Corrections Department has only recently figured out it is part of the state's job to partner with these groups to make prisoner re-entry successful, Caruso said. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 4:08 am
”Robert Hurst, the public information officer at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, says it is “absolutely” helpful for officer safety if officers are bilingual. [read post]
15 Apr 2009, 3:31 am
A reader corrects my blog entry Estate Planning Fraud Alert. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 12:48 pm
Here are the highlights:Voter Reinfranchisement:HB 770 provides notice to offenders that they are eligible to vote when they are "off paper," meaning they no longer supervised by the Texas Department of Corrections or a local probation department. [read post]
15 May 2010, 2:54 pm
In March, mailroom handlers assigned to review incoming literature at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's James A. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 9:44 am
I actually agree with all three Texas title company representatives that it all comes down to customer service: they are all correct. [read post]
