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14 Aug 2013, 8:53 am
Reported the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward (Aug. 13):While summertime water issues are not new — complaints have rolled in for years about the sulfur smell in water at state prison facility near Marlin — this summer’s heat and water outages at Connally highlight unrest over working and living conditions inside many of Texas’ 111 state prisons. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 9:30 am
For example, I don’t think that Mike Masnick refers to copyright as a “monopoly privilege” because he thinks labels don’t matter. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 6:26 am
He did say the agency is not currently considering privatization for that population, which is good news as long as it lasts.Few if any reporters attend TJJD board meetings anymore now that the 2007 sex scandals have subsided - usually none if the Statesman's Mike Ward doesn't go - and in fact the only press account I've seen of last week's meeting was from Janet Jacobs at the Corsicana Sun. [read post]
7 Jul 2013, 6:07 am
Clarissa Ward in Cairo. [read post]
TX parole officers allegedly taxed parolee drug dealers, Evins JCOs arrested for official oppression
2 Jul 2013, 3:49 am
John Whitmire's office "was tipped by an inmate who said he was being shaken down for money and sex "Separately, reported Ward, juvenile correctional officers from the Evins unit in South Texas face allegations of excessive force, official oppression and covering up misconduct:In a separate case, juvenile-justice system director Mike Griffiths [Monday] announced the arrests of three employees at the Evins lockup, including security director Pete Martinez. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:08 am
I'm looking forward to it: Mike Ward from the Austin Statesman, Jessica Pupovac from NPR, and Kirk Mitchell from the Denver Post are the other panelists for my session, which is focused on prisons and criminal justice coverage. [read post]
11 May 2013, 6:31 am
Though Grits had heard that the decision over prison closures wouldn't be made until a 9 a.m. meeting of the budget conference committee on Monday, at which I was told to expect "fireworks," Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reported today ("Deal reported on plan to close two private prison," May 10) that a deal has been struck. [read post]
10 May 2013, 5:06 am
The Moral of a Recent Second Circuit Opinion: Don’t Rely on Commas for Disambiguation by Ken Adams in Adams on Contract Drafting Via this post by Ray Ward I learned of the recent opinion of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in AIG v. [read post]
10 May 2013, 5:06 am
The Moral of a Recent Second Circuit Opinion: Don’t Rely on Commas for Disambiguation by Ken Adams in Adams on Contract Drafting Via this post by Ray Ward I learned of the recent opinion of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in AIG v. [read post]
7 May 2013, 5:59 am
Sylvia Garcia uncovered during questioning that San Antonio businessman Terrell McCombs had not listed all the businesses he owned on his application, reported the Statesman's Mike Ward.The episode follows the recent Annette Raggette ignominy, in which a nominee declared on her application she wasn't related to a state official though her brother in law and long-time business associate Oliver Bell is the board chair. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 4:42 am
The changes appear to have been made after Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman's story yesterday in which Senate Criminal Justice Chairman John Whitmire said the appointment was "not smart" and "Without knowing anything else, the perception is certainly bad." [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 12:00 pm
Mike Ward's piece in the Austin Statesman has been picked up widely - I even saw a reprint in an Aussie publication. [read post]
31 Mar 2013, 4:45 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a nice feature in today's paper on the push to require a warrant for police to access historical personal cell phone tracking information ("Should police require a warrant to track cellphone users? [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]
18 Mar 2013, 5:18 am
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)The Oswegian, SUNY Oswego's student-run daily, has been socked with a defamation suit by a city councilor whom the paper wrongly identified as a registered sex offender and co-owner of a taxi company, the Syracuse Post-Standard (www.syracuse.com) reported.Republican Mike Todd (3rd Ward) sued the paper over an article that appeared last month that mis-identified him and alleged he opposed allowing sex offenders to operate cabs. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 1:02 pm
The pilot program would expire after four years, prior to which the Department of State Health Services must issue a report on the results.Notably, the Senate Finance Committee boosted mental health funding by $200 million, reported the Statesman's Mike Ward, restoring cuts from last session. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 5:57 am
Over the weekend, the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward authored a story titled, "County, private lockups sit empty, drain money as Texas prisoners dwindle," (March 31), pointing out that 30,000 of the state's 93,000 county jail beds are sitting empty and private prisons built on spec can't find clients. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 9:48 am
DPS would receive an additional $8.7 million for crime labs (representing 28.2 FTEs) and $10.9 million to outsource DNA testing and to upload data into the FBI's CODIS system.Relatedly, Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a report on the Senate Finance Committee's recommendation to shutter two prison units and, oddly, to lease a unit in Jones County that was built on spec in hopes of housing TDCJ prisoners. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 3:08 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman this week reported ("Senators propose removing parole duties from prison agency," Feb. 13) that parole board chair Rissie Owens has been "quietly shopping" a proposal to shift control of parole operations from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 10:03 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reported that "the state has paid more than $65 million to 89 wrongfully convicted people since 1992," and that "some lawmakers are questioning whether Texas’ compensation system [for exonerees] is too generous, at a time when schools, law enforcement and health programs need billions more in funding." [read post]
