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5 Jun 2012, 7:26 pm
Matt Simpson at the ACLU of Texas testified that parole-eligible TDCJ inmates number around 58,000 and cost the state a whopping $2.7 million per day, or nearly a billion dollars per year.Sen. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 8:56 am
The Huntsville Item reports, "TDCJ has enough drugs to carry out executions in 2012," by Cody Stark. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 4:50 am
Presently TDCJ prison inmates are all released from Huntsville. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 11:56 am
Data on TDCJ unit age and costAs 2011 budget crisis looms, should most expensive prison units be closed? [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 11:03 am
If the trends continue, Chairman Bell stated it might be possible more prisons could close in the future.TDCJ executive director Brad Livinsgston told the board that "the closure of the Central Unit is a success story that the TDCJ can tout. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 8:11 am
"In House at the Big House," is the title of a profile of Melinda Bozart, General Counsel of TDCJ. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 8:37 am
Update: See more coverage on the Sunset Commission's handling of TDCJ at the ACLU of Texas' Liberty Blog. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:42 am
" That seems like a pretty big deal, especially since TDCJ responded that it agreed with the critique. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 11:35 am
Are there other, similar incidents of which TDCJ is aware? [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 8:49 am
Whitmire, TDCJ recommends about 70 or more inmates per month for medical-based parole, but the parole board on average releases just 10% of them.A past analysis showed the most expensive inmates cost the state more than $1 million per year in healthcare costs, so it'll be interesting to learn whether it's still true that TDCJ's most expensive inmates are mostly eligible for parole.The Committee expressed concern that inmates who could be released into a hospice or… [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 6:23 am
(Legislation approved last year would allow TDCJ to trade the land to the city for a comparable piece of property within 20 miles of the facility.) [read post]
25 Aug 2018, 3:37 pm
An earlier version of this post understated how much TDCJ proposed to spend on healthcare. [read post]
14 Jul 2018, 2:15 pm
In the past five years, there have been more than 75 arrests or charges of tampering with evidence or records filed against TDCJ officers, records show. [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 Aug 2013, 1:54 pm
” So TDCJ's hogs get a "climate controlled" environment but the prisoners and correctional officers, not so much. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 5:51 am
This after an inmate last year used a smuggled gun to escape from a TDCJ medical transport - a mystery they still can't solve.Perhaps Sen. [read post]
19 Mar 2007, 2:53 am
Prison rape isn't as funny as it used to beThe TYC story is far from over; the same tales at TDCJ have barely begun to be told.UPDATE: I just noticed this post from The Back Gate similarly arguing that TDCJ and TYC suffer from essentially the same problems. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 10:45 am
So to cut state spending overall, it'll be difficult bordering on impossible to avoid cuts at TDCJ. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 8:12 am
"[A]s a result, we believe that TDCJ is unlawfully in possession of an unlawfully dispensing controlled substances," the lawyers wrote in a letter to U.S. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 12:20 pm
Otherwise, this is a very political document from TDCJ, cutting popular programs and suggesting large staffing cuts that make no sense from a security standpoint unless they actually close prisons. [read post]
