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16 Dec 2019, 3:23 pm
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve readers' attention:From the Baker Institute at Rice: Drug Treatment Gaps in Harris County, TexasTexas Tribune: Federal judge aims to get to the bottom of TDCJ heat-litigation liesDallas Observer: Sending social workers to mental-health 911 calls reduces emergency room stays. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 8:55 am
The complaint states that TDCJ and UTMB officials only consider the use of drugs when inmates sustain liver damage. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 8:55 am
The complaint states that TDCJ and UTMB officials only consider the use of drugs when inmates sustain liver damage. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 9:07 am
The Geography of IncarcerationWhich Texas zip codes generate the most TDCJ prisoners? [read post]
16 Nov 2019, 11:09 am
Eugene Spencer, Jr. has the longest recorded sentence of any TDCJ inmate: at least 1,000 years, and press reports at the time of his sentencing said the real number is 10,000 years. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 4:05 am
We agree with the district court’s implicit finding that Murphy has a strong likelihood of success on the merits of his claim that the TDCJ policy violates his rights by allowing inmates who share the same faith as TDCJ-employed clergy greater access to a spiritual advisor in the death house.Judge Elrod dissented, saying in part:Because I believe Murphy did not demonstrate that he is likely to succeed on his brand-new, untimely, and unexhausted claim regarding the… [read post]
10 Nov 2019, 8:30 am
Federal District Judge Keith Ellison still wants to know who at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) lied to him, and unlike Grits or Keri Blakinger or prisoner families, he has the authority and the tools to find out! [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 4:05 am
Only TDCJ personnel may interact with the inmate thereafter.The policy, however, does not place any limitation on visits by TDCJ-employed clergy, “who appear to have access to an inmate until the minute he enters the execution chamber. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 6:57 am
So the TDCJ really needs to be taken into court for this one.Mandy Marzullo: Has TDCJ been sued previously for deviating from the standard care? [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 1:47 pm
If you go to the Parole Board (BPP) website, you’ll see a url that includes “TDCJ. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 9:32 am
Before 2012, more prisoners entered TDCJ each year than were released, though not by many. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:31 pm
Special thanks to Scott Medlock, who's suing TDCJ over failure to adequately treat Hepatitis C. [read post]
21 Sep 2019, 7:25 am
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention:Lawsuit seeking Hep C treatment could come with BIG pricetagMore than 18,000 Texas prison inmates have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C - almost certainly an undercount since TDCJ does not do comprehensive testing - but only a tiny handful receive treatment. [read post]
16 Sep 2019, 2:28 pm
Specifically, HB 1271 would have required TDCJ to apply good time credits to inmates convicted of 3(g) offenses – Murder; Continue reading [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 1:39 pm
Murphy submitted an appeal against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) stating that his religious rights had been violated “by not allowing a Buddhist chaplain into the execution chamber with him. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 1:39 pm
Murphy submitted an appeal against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) stating that his religious rights had been violated “by not allowing a Buddhist chaplain into the execution chamber with him. [read post]
9 Sep 2019, 8:27 am
In this exchange, Judge Keith Ellison appeared to contemplate giving TDCJ officials a taste of their own medicine:"Shouldn't we have as a sanction, prison officials in the cells dealing with the same temperatures as the prisoners? [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 2:40 pm
They have state-specific pages for each jurisdiction; here's the one for Texas.By their calculations, 47 percent of people entering Texas prisons in 2017 were revoked either from probation or parole - 36 percent from probation, 11 percent from parole.My first thought was to double-check their math, so here's my calculations using verifiable, public sourcing.In Texas, according to an annual TDCJ report to the legislature, probation revocations to prison in FY 2017 totaled 23,101;… [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 1:27 pm
As of June 2019, TDCJ inmate release upon granting of parole has slowed down significantly, according to conversations I have had with both clients and TDCJ parole personnel. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 4:37 am
Having mentioned a handful of #cjreform victories from the 86th Texas Legislature - most notably, by far, abolition of the Driver Responsibility surcharge - we must also acknowledge that the session overall was a major disappointment for anyone interested in reforming the justice system.Heading into the session, there was cause for optimism. [read post]
