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6 Jun 2013, 4:05 am
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]
28 Apr 2016, 10:17 am
Long-time TDCJ executive director Brad Livingston retired recently. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 9:08 am
Executive Director Brad Livingston reported that as of January 31, TDCJ had just 512 vacancies among correctional officer slots, down from around 4,000 vacancies in fall of 2007. [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 10:50 am
Texas prison guards would get a 20% pay hike if TDCJ officials have their way, reports the Austin American Statesman ("Big raises sought for prison workers," Aug. 14):Brad Livingston, the prison system's executive director, said the proposal would raise starting pay for correctional officers from $26,016 to $30,179 and the maximum salaries from $34,624 to $42,242. [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]
9 Mar 2010, 11:56 am
The Texas House Appropriations Committee yesterday gave Department of Criminal Justice director Brad Livingston a pass on whether prison closures should be part of his agency's budget cutting strategies.He walked the committee through his list of suggested budget cuts (pdf), but legislators allowed these very politicized proposals to frame the terms of debate. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 10:28 am
(Perhaps a new DPS director will take a different position on that topic.)With that, Livingston concluded his testimony. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 1:11 am
The rest of the senate committee and a few interested House members, however, stayed to listen to TDCJ Executive Director Brad Livingston give a brief report on contraband interdiction and the rollout of new rehab beds authorized during the last two sessions. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 6:14 am
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]
4 Nov 2009, 4:27 am
OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR CENSORING BOOKSCorpus Christi, TX - Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit monthly publication that reports on criminal justice-related issues, filed suit today in federal district court against Brad Livingston, Executive Director of the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), and other TDCJ officials. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 12:35 pm
Arguably that's a bigger problem for the agency than the risk that Brad Livingston or Sharon Howell might leave for higher paying gigs elsewhere in Huntsville. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 8:25 am
According to Brad Livingston, 74 of Texas' 109 facilities have some level of mental health presence. [read post]
21 Aug 2014, 8:48 am
Under the leadership of a new executive director, Brad Livingston, who was appointed in 2005, the agency had grown more skittish about media attention, and Michelle’s attempts to grant access to journalists or be proactive about press coverage were increasingly discouraged. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 5:52 am
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 $4,000 for new correctional officers willing to sign… [read post]
12 Oct 2014, 6:28 am
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 seven cases for pretrial purposes to U.S. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 1:21 pm
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]
14 Nov 2008, 8:58 am
Reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("After Ike damaged Galveston hospital, prisoners shipped elsewhere in Texas," Nov. 14)Brad Livingston, the prison system's executive director, said administrators at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have promised to reopen some of the prison hospital's 365 beds later this month, but a full reopening is indefinite. [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 6:34 am
Beyond that, I am extremely happy to be able to put this behind me, but still am troubled that the two individuals who perpetrated the discriminatory actions against me - namely Brad Livingston and Bryan Collier - remain at the helm of the agency. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 4:10 am
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]
30 Aug 2011, 4:10 am
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]
