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4 Mar 2015, 6:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Last year, the new executive director of the agency and other agency personnel traveled to Washington State to observe that state’s program. [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 6:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In the initial draft, they made no mention of my more than five years as director of the Public Information Office and so I asked them to update it. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 11:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
University providers are encountering significant difficulties in the ability to recruit and retain the professional staff necessary to provide care at TDCJ correctional facilities. [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]
4 Sep 2014, 11:06 pm by Jeff Gamso
 She eventually became Director of Public Information.Driving along in her car after she dropped off her daughter at elementary school one morning after she left TDCJ, she spoke into her tape recorder. [read post]
21 Aug 2014, 8:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At Texas Monthly, Pam Colloff has a profile of former TDCJ flak Michelle Lyons titled, "The Witness," focused mainly on the 278 executions Lyons witnessed as part of her job before her termination/resignation in 2012. [read post]
22 May 2014, 10:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported the Austin Statesman, "In its lawsuit, the troopers association accused the attorney general’s office of trying to bully the group into signing an agreement that called for fines and the resignation of executive director Claude Hart and board members Lee Johnson, Anne Johnson and Herschel Henderson. [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]
27 Mar 2014, 11:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The chairman compared Crockett's situation to Jones County, which built a speculative prison and contracted with a private firm hoping to secure adult TDCJ inmates to fill it. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 5:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
TDCJ is committed to doing all it can to recruit and retain correctional officers. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 12:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
None wanted to be quoted, citing a fear of job reprisals," Ward reported.Perhaps it's true, as TDCJ insists, the raises were "necessary to retain top talent." [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 3:49 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
According to testimony (pdf) by Federal Bureau of Prison Director Charles Samuels, Jr. [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 7:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"They house pretrial detainees who have not yet lost certain rights," said Brandon Wood, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. [read post]
13 Sep 2013, 8:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
However, their probation director has persuasively argued that since-rectified data-gathering deficiencies - for many years they didn't even gather revocation data (!) [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 6:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The insider told the Backgate that after the March 2013 murder of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements that someone implemented a secret service style personal protective unit for TDCJ Executive Director Brad Livingston. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 9:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On April 19, Texas Commission on Jail Standards executive director Brandon Wood sent a memo to all Texas Sheriffs and jail administrators (pdf) advising them that:In the past week, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) officials have notified us that two dialysis inmates from separate counties were sent to TDCJ facilities without prior notification. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 8:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This brief Grits blog post alerted the Senate Nominations Committee to conflicts of interest by TDCJ board nominee Annettee Raggette, the sister-in-law and former business partner of TDCJ board chair Oliver Bell, whose nomination was withdrawn within a week. [read post]