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7 Jul 2007, 1:38 am
Reported the Austin Statesman:Bryan Collier, the state's parole director, was named deputy executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the No. 2 position in the state's correctional system, on Tuesday. ...Collier, 42, has been director of the parole division for the past 5 1/2 years. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 8:16 am
(TDCJ executive director Brad Livingston testified the average wait is down to 3 months for male inmates.)Whitmire and others rightly declared that TDCJ's goal should be to provide treatment before an inmate is eligible for parole, so that if that's all that's standing between them and freedom they could be processed sooner and free up space for more dangerous offenders. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 2:16 am
(TDCJ's parole division makes recommendation, but the parole board must finally approve inmates' release.) [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 8:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported the SA Express-News ("Inmate cooks give back at food bank," Feb. 5): Most employers are turned off by ex-convict applicants, [TDCJ laundry, food and supply director Tony  D'Cunha] said, but hiring from this program has been “exceptional. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 12:42 am
At the time, Collins was executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 1:10 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The group's executive director concluded that “Perry’s letter doesn’t only confirm bad leadership, it also provides a sad indication that things probably won’t get better anytime soon in Texas." [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 8:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Lanette Linthicum, the medical director in charge of correctional managed care, told the committee about 30% of incoming offenders have Hep C, the main cause being IV drug use. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 4:11 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
“Hopefully this decision will force TDCJ to reconsider housing prisoners in such dangerous conditions. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 7:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" At yesterday's House Corrections Committee hearing, however, TDCJ executive director Bryan Collier said the agency now estimates the cost to install air conditioning at $4 million, a more than 80 percent reduction from their original estimate. [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 6:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
About 80% of new recruits drop out, so TDCJ must hire and train five newbies to end up with one, fully trained, more experienced CO down the line.In the near term, TDCJ plans to institute recruiting bonuses to hire more staff, though heaven knows where the money will come from given the agency's already overstrapped budget:to ease the chronic staffing shortages at Connally and six other state prisons, Brad Livingston, the prison system's executive director, … [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 7:45 am by Steve Hall
"TDCJ Will End Final Feasts Before Executions," by Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune. [read post]
7 May 2018, 7:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  Earlier this year, a TDCJ legislative handout put the number at 232,278, representing an astonishing 46 percent reduction! [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 8:58 am
TDCJ officials yesterday updated the Legislature publicly for the first time (to my knowledge) on the status of health care services provided by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) after the prison hospital located on the island was closed because of Hurricane Ike. [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 2:05 pm
  Prior to his work at TDCJ, he was director of communications at the State Bar of Texas. [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 4:00 am
One of the senior TDCJ transplants at the Texas Youth Commission and a close ally of executive director Dimitria Pope will leave soon, having barely been at the agency long enough to get her feet wet. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
These are policy decisions so they weren't suggested by TDCJ in its recent Legislative Appropriations Request. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 2:14 am
Adan Muñoz, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, said there's nothing his agency can do to force sheriffs to house technical parole violators. [read post]
30 May 2018, 2:46 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
 “Any days of a male-dominated culture are long gone,” said Lorie Davis, director of TDCJ’s Institutional Division and the highest-ranking woman in the agency. [read post]