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8 Mar 2011, 4:48 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a story on the practical application of a theme that state Rep. [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:17 am
According to Mike Ward at the Statesman, Texas will close just one prison, which as readers know is an historic first but also less than this blogger would prefer. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 6:56 am
In reaction to controversial raises for administrators at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman: "'We need to put in a criminal penalty for violating the Appropriations Act and not following the intent of the Legislature,' said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat who is also a member of the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 10:42 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports that a modest increase in the number of inmates at TDCJ may squelch efforts to close prisons, something that's been happening in other states. [read post]
13 May 2016, 9:18 am
Mike Ward and Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that "Texas Supreme Court rules school finance system is constitutional. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 11:37 am
The 2013 rate is $25.00 per unit. .Applications for the rebate must be submitted to the associations' local aldermanic office ASAP (eg, in the 48th ward, no later than January 12, 2014). [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 5:12 am
If Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ever retires or is laid off, there won't be a single professional journalist in the state closely monitoring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 8:30 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a story outlining a slew of cost-cutting proposals under consideration in the House Corrections Committee "that just a few years ago never would have received a serious hearing [or] have gained support. [read post]
7 May 2012, 1:54 pm
This news should come as no surprise to Grits readers, but Mike Ward reported in Friday's Austin Statesman ("Report: Texas prison health costs higher than thought," May 6) that:The cost of providing health care to Texas' 154,000 imprisoned criminals during the next two years will likely exceed the amounts allocated in both the Senate- and House-approved versions of the state budget, a new financial analysis shows.The report on the University of Texas Medical… [read post]
14 Aug 2011, 3:41 pm
With the Central Unit in Sugar Land closing, an event driven as much by local development demands as prison policy, Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman indulges in speculation on what other units might find themselves on the chopping block in the future:Nearby, a new high school and homes have popped up near the Jester I Unit. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:16 pm
No regular Grits reader will be surprised at the Austin Statesman story by Mike Ward today with the same title as the headline to this post revealing that UTMB is running more than $2 million per month over the amount budgeted for prison healthcare. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 8:51 am
According to the Statesman's Mike Ward ("Criminal justice leaders push home nurses, anger management to help trim crime," Jan. 23), the new plan for alternatives to prison building in Texas will be unveiled at a joint hearing on January 30 between the House Corrections and Senate Criminal Justice Committees. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 12:37 am
According to the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward ("Youth commission changes course on older offenders," 9/25),On Tuesday, Dimitria Pope, the agency's acting executive director, announced that 79 of 159 older offenders will be kept in agency lockups, and another 40 will remain on Youth Commission parole. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 8:36 am
Reports the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward ("Lawmaker livid over reports of coercion, extortion at Giddings youth lockup," April 17):Two legislative architects of Texas' sweeping reforms in juvenile justice after a sex-abuse scandal five years are fuming over a new report that questions security and safety at the Giddings State School.The report includes allegations that youths are being "bought and owned" by other youths for cigarettes, illicit… [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 8:22 am
More detail from Mike Ward at the Statesman on what's apparently a chronic problems with prisonsers walking off the Central Unit in Sugarland to shop at a nearby Walmart (you can't make this stuff up):Prison officials never knew he was gone.And after they were tipped to the late-night trip, officials confirmed Monday, they had to verify the escape by viewing the store's surveillance camera system — which was much better than the one the prison has.Authorities… [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 5:32 am
Here's a bizarre irony regarding the decision to put up metal detectors at the entrances to the Texas capitol, as reported by Mike Ward at the Statesman:Bill Miller already has his ticket to the express lane. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 6:40 am
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the UT Medical Branch in Galveston last week agreed to a temporary extension of their contract for nine more months, with the state pledging an additional $45 million over that period, reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman (Dec. 2):Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat whose committee oversees prison operations, said the $45 million in additional funding will be advanced from the state's… [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 12:39 pm
In the Austin Statesman today Mike Ward answers why Texas Youth Commission conservator Ed Owens has appeared AWOL the last few weeks - he actually retired on Aug. 31 and now only occasionally comes to Austin or checks in by phone.Owens didn't tell the Legislature at the joint House-Senate hearing on August 29 that he would retire and become a volunteer two days later - it's inconceivable that he didn't know, so the only reason could be an intentional decision to keep… [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 12:39 pm
In the Austin Statesman today Mike Ward answers why Texas Youth Commission conservator Ed Owens has appeared AWOL the last few weeks - he actually retired on Aug. 31 and now only occasionally comes to Austin or checks in by phone.Owens didn't tell the Legislature at the joint House-Senate hearing on August 29 that he would retire and become a volunteer two days later - it's inconceivable that he didn't know, so the only reason could be an intentional decision to keep… [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 12:00 pm
Mike Ward of the Houston Chronicle reports that the court determined that a decision by Buck's own lawyers to introduce statistics showing that blacks were more likely to commit crimes may have influenced the jury to sentence him to death. [read post]
