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22 Feb 2013, 9:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
TDCJ chief Brad Livingston had told the subcommittee such an increase would bring the agency's healthcare budget back up to levels during the 2010-11 biennium. [read post]
20 Jan 2013, 8:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“It’s taken us a while to move those operations,” said Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 11:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That cannot stand at current prison population levels.Slight cuts were suggested for local probation departments, ignoring TDCJ's request for more funds and probation directors' request to help with rising health insurance costs. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 5:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“You cannot cure addiction by locking it up,” said Ana Yáñez Correa, executive director of the coalition. [read post]
24 Nov 2012, 7:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Notably, pay hikes for guards were not among the "exceptional items" requested by TDCJ in their biennial Legislative Appropriations Request. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 2:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
When TDCJ was given extra money for raises to front-line prison staff in 2009, they dipped into those funds to give substantially larger pay hikes to administrators. [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]
7 Aug 2012, 8:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Currently, there are about eight to 12 youths for each staff member at the TDCJ facilities, he said. [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]
22 Jun 2012, 12:52 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
At TDCJ, inmates in ad seg get one hour recreation per day and no other time outside their cells. [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]
9 May 2012, 5:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"I am pleased that Jay has agreed to help TJJD as we restore legislative, public and employee confidence that Texas is operating facilities that are safe for both employees and youth,” Texas Juvenile Justice Department Executive Director Cherie Townsend said in a press statement on Tuesday.Kimbrough, who will be on loan from the Texas Department of Public Safety, where he serves as assistant director of homeland security, served as conservator of the Texas Youth… [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 9:19 am by Steve Hall
  Notable recent posts include: TDCJ Continues Push for Privacy Nebraska Editorial on State's Search for Drugs Additional Coverage of Beaty v. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 8:07 am by Steve Hall
TDCJ notes that six additional executions are currently scheduled for 2012; the next is set for April 26. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 9:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Our media should have picked up on the outsourcing of border security operations long ago, but not a single reporter (MSM or otherwise) regularly attends meetings of the Public Safety Commission, much less covers the agency in remotely the level of detail, say, that the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward does for TDCJ. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 7:44 am by Steve Hall
TDCJ notes that five additional executions are already scheduled for 2012; the next is set for March 7. [read post]