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6 Jun 2013, 4:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Austin Statesman reported last evening that Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, received a whopping $73,000 raise in the most recently approved state budget - nearly a 40% increase. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 6:55 am
Yesterday's Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing began with Chairman John Whitmire questioning Department of Criminal Justice executive director Brad Livingston regarding the recent lockdown targeting cell phones and other contraband.Livingston said TDCJ has found 132 cell phones so far on 22 units, including another one on death row, with 46 of those found patting down guards on the front end. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 12:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The executive pay issue has arisen at agencies that include the Texas Department of Transportation, Employees Retirement System, Department of Public Safety and Texas Juvenile Justice Department. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 6:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Now it turns out the Texas Department of Criminal Justice did the same thing for at least three months this spring, reported The Back Gate website:Armed body guards, state of the art surveillance equipment and alarms? [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 1:21 pm by Bruce Carton
Whitmire promptly shot off a letter to Brad Livingston, the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, stating that it was "extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege," and that if the practice wasn't stopped immediately he would introduce legislation to end it. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This is interesting; from a press release reprinted in the Huntsville Item:The G4 Faith Based Row, a program launched in the Wynne Unit in Huntsville, received the Governor’s 2010 Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Award in recognition of its dedication to ministering to offenders incarcerated within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice [last week].The award was presented by Texas Board of Criminal Justice… [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 8:00 am by Jeralyn
John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, wrote in a letter to Brad Livingston, the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 7:55 am
"Our correctional officer staffing situation is the most urgent operational challenge we face as an agency," Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Brad Livingston said. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, explained: "The men who complete this four-year program will be a powerful voice to other inmates seeking to get their lives back on track, and will aid us in successfully reintegrating these inmates back into society." [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]
12 Oct 2014, 6:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's a notable excerpt from the story:A federal panel has refused to coordinate lawsuits filed on behalf of inmates in Texas state prisons who died or suffered heat strokes from soaring temperatures during the summers of 2011 and 2012.The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and its executive director, Brad Livingston, represented by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, moved on July 14 to transfer… [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, explained: "The men who complete this four-year program will be a powerful voice to other inmates seeking to get their lives back on track, and will aid us in successfully reintegrating these inmates back into society. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 3:32 pm by Nathan Koppel
Whitmire wrote a letter Thursday to Brad Livingston, the executive Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees state prisons, citing the Brewer case and calling for an immediate end to the last-meal ritual. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 5:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
TDCJ has increased recruiting bonuses for corrections officers willing to work in understaffed, rural units, reported the Huntsville Item (Feb. 7):The Texas prison system has sweetened the pot to attract potential correctional officers to units dealing with staffing problems around the state.Last month, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Brad Livingston approved increasing the recruiting bonus to… [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 4:39 am
Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, wants an 'independent entity' to crunch numbers and find out exactly how many inmates rehabilitation and early release programs would divert, so the corrections agency can proceed from there. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 7:45 am by Steve Hall
"They will receive the same meal served to other offenders" in the prison, said Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 9:23 am
"It's the greatest challenge we currently face," Brad Livingston, executive director of the Department of Criminal Justice, told a joint Senate-House hearing Wednesday. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 2:30 pm
" " 'We have come to the conclusion that proceeding with this presentation would violate federal law, and we are not willing to violate the law in the pursuit of protecting it,' said Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 7:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(Such a program exists for inmates released receiving HIV medications, but not for the mentally ill.)Another 469 individuals during FY 2011 were paroled directly from ad-seg, Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) executive director Brad Livingston told the committee. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 10:54 am by Don Cruse
BRAD LIVINGSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, No. 13-0867 Set to be argued on March 25, 2015 ROYSTON, RAYZOR, VICKERY, & WILLIAMS, LLP v. [read post]