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20 Dec 2011, 8:21 am
As the American-Statesman's Mike Ward reported last week, Texas juries are increasingly choosing life without parole, an option that has been available to them since 2005. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 1:41 pm
Mike Ward posts, "Complaint: Texas illegally acquiring lethal drugs," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 9:49 am
Mike Ward of the Austin American-Statesman reports, "Staff shortages get blame in inmate death. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 10:45 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports ("Guard shortage forces inmate transfers," Nov. 9) that:A shortage of guards at a remote West Texas boot camp has forced the Texas Youth Commission to move almost half of the incarcerated teenagers to other state lockups, officials said Thursday. [read post]
23 Oct 2008, 2:59 pm
Also in today's American-Statesman, Mike Ward reports, "Inmate at center of cell phone controversy transferred to psychiatric unit. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 5:48 am
From Mike Ward at the Statesman:John Moore, a retired U.S. marshal and state trooper, was appointed [Wednesday] to be the new independent ombudsman at the Texas Youth Commission. ...Moore, a Denison resident, is retired after a 25-year career as a federal marshal, and served before that as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper and an officer in the Amarillo Police Department. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 7:37 am
"Texas has lethal drugs on hand to execute 39 condemned criminals," is the title of Mike Ward's report in the Saturday edition of the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 5:22 am
The Lege won't get there simply following TDCJ's increasingly absurd recommendations.MORE: From Mike Ward, see additional details on the proposed TDCJ cuts to community supervision and diversion programs. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 7:31 am
House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden on Wednesday unveiled the committee substitute for his big, omnibus TDCJ bill, HB 3386; see the hearing online here beginning at the 48:30 mark, as well as Mike Ward's coverage in the Austin Statesman. [read post]
30 May 2010, 11:54 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a feature today ("More programs, fewer beds could help prisons' bottom line," May 30) covering themes that will be familiar to Grits readers: "For Texas, a state that officials say has never closed an entire adult prison, a public discussion could be coming to do just that. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 11:26 am
At the Austin Statesman, Mike Ward has a piece today ("Prison cuts prove fleeting") on the predictable outcome from reducing incarceration budgets without simultaneously enacting policies to reduce the number of prisoners locked up. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 8:54 am
Texas to Begin Deportation of Foreign Convicts: Mike Ward of the American-Statesman (TX) reports under a new Texas law that takes effect Sept. 1, the parole board can approve foreigners convicted of violent and nonviolent crimes for parole on the condition that they are deported to their home country. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 8:00 am
"Attorney seeks recusals in high-profile parole hearing," is Mike Ward's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 2:26 pm
The Austin Statesman's Mike Ward reported three hours ago that:Texas Youth Commission officials early today started removing incarcerated youths from the Al Price youth lockup in Beaumont, and state prison officials said they plan to start evacuating adult felons from two Beaumont prisons early Saturday.On moving the prisoners, despite the hassle and expense, I say better safe than sorry if there's a chance of a Category 4 hurricane touching down there. [read post]
5 Dec 2006, 11:55 am
" Mike Ward does the reporting in this Austin American -Statesman must-read article on TDCJ's desire to build more prisons, a move opposed by key legislators. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 7:27 am
" It's by Mike Ward. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 7:57 am
"Ohio company supplies state with lethal drugs," is the title of Mike Ward's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 8:51 am
" It's written by Mike Ward. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 2:57 am
But he called her out for violating parolees' civil rights in just about the harshest terms imaginable and ordered the state to pay six-figure legal fees, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward ("No liability for parole chief," Nov. 13): The Tuesday decision absolves Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens of personal liability in actions against Ray Curtis Graham and still leaves state taxpayers liable for paying Graham's legal fees, which… [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 4:46 am
TDCJ, TYC and the Juvenile Probation Commission will all be generating plans, so we'll have more information on the subject next week.UPDATE: See "Prisons chief: No prison closures in budget cut plan," in which the Statesman's Mike Ward reports:Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said a document to be submitted Monday to state leaders outlining a 5-percent cut in the agency’s nearly $3 billion, two-year budget… [read post]
