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29 Aug 2012, 5:31 am
"Few other states imprison prostitutes as does Texas, which has a long history of locking higher percentages of its lawbreakers in state prisons than all but a few other states," reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman last week. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 3:49 am
Along the way, Larry dishes out hat tips to Harry Plotkin and Mike Coyle. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 1:07 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman had coverage of the joint Senate Criminal Justice/Education Committee meeting on school discipline ("Senators delve into school discipline, find unfair practices," Oct. 30), which included this notable tidbit:In a daylong hearing, members of the Senate criminal justice and education committees listened to testimony from more than two dozen witnesses who said that discipline is being too harshly applied in some school districts, that it… [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 7:32 am
"Nomination slowed after Democrats balk," is the title of Mike Ward's report in the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 5:37 am
Reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Staffing shortages idle more beds," Aug. 2):Four additional dorms housing 320 convicts are being mothballed at a large maximum-security South Texas prison because of a continuing shortage of staff at the lockup, officials confirmed this afternoon.The move marks the largest such temporary closure of portions of a state prison in well over a decade, even during previous staffing stages that forced dorms at several prisons to… [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 1:40 pm
Mike Ward has posted, "AG: Make public info about execution drugs," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 11:24 am
Some quotes: ATLANTA (AP) -- The case of a jet-setting tuberculosis patient might soon shift from the hospital wards to the courts. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 7:02 am
Mike Sansone and Drew McLellan have developed the I List - a list that showcases the power of blogs in Iowa. [read post]
25 May 2007, 1:47 am
Wrote the Statesman's Mike Ward ("TYC to adjust hiring policy," May 25):Under a Youth Commission personnel policy put into effect April 13, in a get-tough move to rid the agency of convicted felons working as guards and caseworkers, no one convicted of one of five types of crimes can be hired, including those convicted of a Class B misdemeanor within the past five years. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 12:27 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a story today ("State looking at release of foreign, or sick inmates") in which legislators finally acknowledge the elephant in the room: Cutting as much at the Department of Criminal Justice as proposed in the draft House an Senate budgets will require policy changes to reduce the real number of human beings locked up, beyond just cutting the budget. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 8:23 am
" It's by Mike Ward. [read post]
1 May 2011, 4:16 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports that private contractors are still seeking a piece of Texas' prison healthcare spending: "Efforts by private companies to get a piece of Texas' nearly $1 billion prisoner health care system are quietly continuing behind the scenes as company representatives make sales pitches to lawmakers and seek changes in state law to authorize privatization," he reported today. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 7:46 am
That's the title of Mike Ward's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:51 pm
Mike Ward has just posted, "Details on execution drugs should remain secret, prison officials say," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 5:14 am
Reports the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward:Though Perry and state corrections officials say the mandate will make the public safer, questions linger about why parolees who were considered good enough safety risks to remove from monitors are now dangerous enough to need them — $1.7 million worth, paid for by a federal criminal-justice grant to improve public safety. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:51 pm
Mike Ward has just posted, "Details on execution drugs should remain secret, prison officials say," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 1:07 pm
Mike Chenault served notice on his colleagues last week: Next session, he will push to reinstate the death penalty in Alaska. [read post]
29 May 2010, 8:57 am
Reports the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward:According to Friday's directive, the only exceptions listed in the letter are for school funding, for debt service on bonds, to "maintain benefits and eligibility in Medicaid" programs, the Children's Health Insurance Program and foster care programs , to maintain health and human services eligibility staffing and to keep the state pension and benefits programs properly funded.That list does not include public safety and… [read post]
25 Oct 2012, 2:37 pm
After lunch, Judge Ward moderated a panel with Michael Gibson, George Pappas and Robert Van Nest on closing argument. [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 4:28 am
At the Austin Statesman, Mike Ward reported on a suggestion recently endorsed by the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee to expand the number of medical schools that could participate in prisoner health care, ostensibly to increase "competition" by allowing six additional schools to participate if they so choose. [read post]
