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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 Chairman Oliver Bell, and TDCJ Executive Director Brad… [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 Chosen for future argument by order issued February 20, 2015 ROYSTON, RAYZOR, VICKERY, & WILLIAMS, LLP v. [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]
10 Jul 2007, 9:53 am
And here's the agenda for the Juvenile Probation Commission meeting on Friday (July 13).TBCJ's meeting on Thursday will be dominated by committee meetings, while much of their Friday session will be taken up with presentations from division heads like Rissie Owens from the Board of Pardons and Parole and Brad Livingston from TDCJ.The Juvenile Probation Commission will discuss a number of topics that were left unresolved by the 80th Texas Legislature, in particular whether… [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]
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]
11 Aug 2016, 7:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Former executive director Brad Livingston didn't have the guts to tell the Lege, "the only way you can cut nine figures in our budget is to incarcerate fewer people. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 4:22 am
TDCJ chief Brad Livingston told the committee the agency contracts for more than 17,000 beds statewide, only a handful of which (see below) are regulated by TCJS.For my own future convenience, and on behalf of interested readers, I've compiled this spreadsheet of the private facilities TCJS regulates, where they are, what counties or other agencies they contract with, and how many beds they operate. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 9:07 am
The suit named as defendants Brad Livingston, the corrections department's executive director; Nathaniel Quarterman, director of the department's institutional division; Tim Simmons, the Polunsky Unit warden; and Kenneth Hammack, the Polk County sheriff. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 11:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" From the memo from executive director Brad Livingston at the front of the budget: According to university providers, additional funding of $174.8 million is critical to maintain operations and ensure effective overall quality of care within the system and deliver the level of services required by minimum standards. [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]
10 Dec 2010, 5:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"This is a fundamental shift they are proposing," said Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.In a Nov. 22 letter to Livingston, UTMB proposed ending its 16-year contract with the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee , a state agency created to oversee and monitor prisoners' care, and contracting directly with the prison system.Dr. [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]
19 Mar 2010, 4:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Brad Livingston, TDCJ's executive director, stated that just a year ago the agency had nearly 4,000 vacant Correctional Officer positions open. [read post]