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10 Jun 2019, 4:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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]
11 Jan 2019, 2:42 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Tack on another $4 million per biennum to make sure they have driver's licenses or ID cards when they hit the streets, and mandate that DPS issue them based on information provide by TDCJ. [read post]
21 Nov 2014, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(See Grits coverage here, here, here, here, here, and here.)Senator Deuell seemed to lose heart in the fight after 2009, when the bill passed the Senate but died sitting on the House calendar while Democrats chubbed over voter ID. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 5:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
IPOT sent questionnaires to around 1,000 inmates in TDCJ convicted of arson, with responses coming from fewer than 200 of them. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 10:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
TCJC also provided a link to the new report from TDCJ's Reentry Task Force (pdf), which included this welcome if long overdue bit of news regarding ID cards for prisoners exiting the system: "TDCJ, DSHS and DPS are in the process of finalizing interagency contracts for issuing the state identification card through an electronic process. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 7:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Most of these individuals left with $100 in their pocket and a bus voucher - usually to their county of conviction - without so much as a photo ID to help them begin the long, difficult path to reintegration into their home communities. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 7:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire of Texas' 2007 probation reforms, while as chair of Criminal Jurisprudence, Pete Gallego was the House sponsor/author of several key innocence reforms including Texas' new eyewitness ID statute. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 11:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Those things cost money.We have passed the point where TDCJ can find savings by cutting "waste. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 5:41 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
But the drama was provided by seven exonerees who between them had spent 169 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit based on erroneous IDs. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 5:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See Mike's coverage:Exonerees support eyewitness ID rulesReport: Prison cuts could cause bed shortage in two yearsFaulty eyewitness IDs responsible for hundreds of false convictions Sen. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 7:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" Technical revocations still awfully high after much-vaunted probation reformsGovernor endorses radical cuts to prison agency Corrections budget cuts concentrated in community supervision, set TDCJ up to fail Adios to Texas State Law Library? [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 4:00 am by Brandon W.
With his enhancements, punishment was assessed at 20 years in TDCJ-ID. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 4:03 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
It'd be more probative to identify measurements of success to monitor - getting an ID, a home, a job - instead of focusing exclusively on recidivism. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
By this time next year, she said, she expected to be able to tell the committee that all 72,000 people released from TDCJ will have either the birth and social security documents or a DPS ID when they left custody.Chairman Jim McReynolds said the idea behind the bill was that offenders would leave TDCJ with a DPS ID or driver license in hand when they walked out the door. [read post]
23 May 2010, 5:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Counties want to keep the money saying "we found it," but they also "found" prisoners sent to TDCJ and the state pays all those costs. [read post]