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13 Oct 2021, 5:41 pm
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it has opened a statewide investigation into the conditions in the five secure juvenile correctional facilities operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 8:00 am
Keep in mind, that all of the above deals with actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance against a person in violation of its rules. [read post]
28 May 2014, 4:12 am
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, at noon, the Texas House Corrections Committee will hold a wide-ranging hearing in which they shall:Study and review the correctional facilities and processes within Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Texas Juvenile Justice Department with emphasis on efficiencies, effectiveness, and recidivism. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am
Notable recommendations on the adult side (just a few excerpts, there were quite a few more) included:The legislature and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should look for more ways to focus a larger component of our correctional budget on rehabilitative investments, as opposed to simply inmate confinement.The legislature and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should consider ways to expand inmate educational and vocational training programs… [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 6:09 am
The chairs of Corrections, Criminal Jurisprudence as well as Homeland Security and Public Safety all departed from the Legislature after last term, leaving a gaping hole in leadership on these topics in the lower chamber. [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 12:21 pm
Via the state prosecutors' association:The Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Community Justice Assistance Division (TDCJ-CJAD) authorized the publication of the Texas Progressive Interventions and Sanctions Bench Manual in response to requests from the Texas trial judiciary concerning community corrections sanctioning options and resources in Texas. [read post]
18 Jun 2007, 2:30 am
Some institutions are only 62% staffed, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is chronically 3,000 guards short. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 1:08 am
One quarter of Texas 122 probation departments, said Ms. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 8:26 am
The Texas Department of Public Safety suggests the following actions in its new handbook. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 8:26 am
The Texas Department of Public Safety suggests the following actions in its new handbook. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 8:00 am
A Texas inmate is suing the state corrections department, claiming officials refused to treat a flesh-eating bacterial infection. [read post]
6 May 2012, 12:57 pm
After the Texas Legislature finished its budget cutting last year and the dust finally settled, a whopping 39% of Texas state employee reductions in the last year came from two agencies: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the recently merged Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).TDCJ lost 2,035 FTEs (full-time equivalent positions), and TJJD lost 816.5, according to a recent state auditor's report (pdf). [read post]
16 Jul 2018, 8:35 am
" According to that story, the Department of Corrections in Pennsylvania is the 15th largest employer in that state. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 12:22 pm
Overall, TDCJ will see a pay freeze: "The Department of Criminal Justice shall not pay salary adjustments related to the career ladder in fiscal years 2012 and 2013. [read post]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am
Lynch, April 25, 2016 "States Examine Policies, Conditions for Solitary Confinement in Prisons," Interim News, House Research Organization, February 17, 2016 "Darrington Seminary Graduates First Class of Ministers," Criminal Justice Connections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, May/June 2015 Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015 Offender Reentry: Correctional… [read post]
25 Apr 2021, 12:53 pm
The policy change was signed on Wednesday by director of the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 10:44 am
Prison Legal News, a nonprofit advocate of inmate rights, filed suit over five books banned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), under a book-review policy that the parties agree is constitutional. [read post]
3 May 2024, 2:13 pm
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, (SD TX, filed 5/3/2024), alleges in part:34. [read post]
2 Dec 2007, 9:12 am
The Texas House Corrections Committee, which already had a lot going on with oversight functions at the Youth Commission, was handed a full plate, indeed, by Speaker Tom Craddick with the announcement of its "interim charges. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 4:15 am
Reported Ward ("Juvenile agency plans to rescind pay raises, reduce management ranks," Sept. 11):Griffiths said he will make public his new organization chart for the agency that runs Texas' youth corrections programs, perhaps as soon as today. [read post]
