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27 Jan 2012, 11:11 am
The new report by the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based research organization that tracks criminal justice trends, calculates the state’s total costs for its adult corrections and prison programs at $3.3 billion — almost $783 million higher than the $2.5 billion annual budget for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:15 pm
I've been wondering what the recent injection of federal stimulus money into Texas' state budget might mean for the Department of Criminal Justice's plan to boost prison guard pay by 20%? [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 7:21 am
Soon after I left on vacation, the Texas Tribune's Emily Foxhall authored a story quoting your correspondent and others on the subject of understaffing at rural prison units operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, accompanied by this informative map highlighting the units with the worst staffing problems:Wrote Foxhall, "Reasons abound for why the job as a correctional officer is a tough one: Pay is low, most prisons are not fully… [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 4:42 am
After all, if you watch the local press, folks die needlessly all the time in Texas jails. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 6:15 am
At this time, the circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation with the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
16 Mar 2014, 6:07 pm
Health Department HIPAA Violations Cost County $250,000, Requires Sweeping HIPAA Reforms Hear Update On Resolution Agreement & Other New HIPAA Developments At 3/18 North Texas Healthcare Professionals Association Meeting Skagit County, Washington will pay a $215,000 monetary settlement and work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program to settle… [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 1:38 am
In an ongoing round of musical chairs at the highest levels of Texas corrections management, Texas parole chief Bryan Collier found a place to sit 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. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 7:44 am
But the reason the Corrections Department used the one-drug option for Moormann's execution was because it discovered only Monday that the supply of one of the other two drugs it intended to use had passed its expiration date. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 12:00 am
Department of Corrections Commissioner Joan Fabian said that after the state had negotiated its second 2-year contract with the group, she found out that InnerChange was operating in Texas prisons without charge. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 12:00 pm
KBTX-TV reported yesterday that, "The Texas Department of Criminal Justice admits there's a statewide shortage of correctional officers. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 10:28 am
The House Corrections Committee began its hearing this morning with testimony from Brad Livingston, E.D. of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 11:45 am
The Texas Department of Corrections also denied Bhuiyan the opportunity to meet with Stroman before his death, though the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure guarantees him that right as a crime victim. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 7:00 am
Three Texas prison units and one jail (the largest) ranked among correctional facilities where inmates are most likely to be sexually victimized by either other inmates or correctional staff, according to a new report by the US Department of Justice (pdf, see the chart on page 12). [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 9:30 am
The correct number of states in compliance is actually 22 and not 19. [read post]
26 Oct 2022, 6:58 am
Without records sealing, anyone with a history in the juvenile justice system has a criminal record with Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 12:02 pm
Skeem, Patrick Kennealy, Joseph Tatar, Isaias Hernandez and Felicia Keith (University of California, Berkeley, Government of the State of Texas - Travis County Community Justice Services (TCCJS), Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Parajo Valley Unified School District and Uniformed... [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 7:45 am
I'd like to see restorative justice advocates (and to judge by this conference there are quite a few in Texas) focus some of their energies on engaging this formal, massive change process in the juvenile justice arena.Many RJ techniques have a local component, so convincing county judges, prosecutors and probation departments to participate would be criticial. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 6:03 am
HHSC published four corrections to previous notices that appeared in the September 2 issue of the Texas Register: Amendment to the CLASS waiver program; Amendment to the HCS waiver program; Amendment to the CBA waiver program; and Amendment to the MDCP waiver program. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 9:31 am
That legislation adjusts funding incentives for probation departments to encourage offenders to earn their way off supervision through good behavior. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 5:30 am
OSHA will continue to pursue corrections to ensure that these workers are safe. [read post]
