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7 Nov 2008, 3:23 pm
TDCJ maintains this list of scheduled executions.AP has this report on the execution of Elkie Taylor Texas has by far the most active death chamber in the United States accounting for more than 37% of all the executions in America. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 10:04 pm
TDCJ maintains this list of scheduled executions.AP has this report on the execution of George Whitaker via the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
19 Feb 2016, 11:52 am
Nicole Cobler of the Texas Tribune reports that as of December 2015, the TDCJ recorded 9,158 Texas prisoners as being under ICE detainers, 6,698 of whom were in the U.S. illegally. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 4:03 pm
At yesterday's House Corrections Committee hearing, Dee Wilson of TDCJ's new Reentry division likened the failures of the criminal justice system to a dropped baton in a 4x100 relay. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 9:58 am
After this episode, I want to see for myself the complete list of books TDCJ is rejecting and their policies. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 1:15 pm
Clearly TDCJ's 160,000 inmates represent a significant amount of buying power and taking them out of circulation reduces overall consumer demand. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 5:43 am
TDCJ has suggested the Legislature cut out this type of activity in order to keep the maximum number of state prison units up and running, but those priorities reduce public safety. [read post]
7 May 2013, 5:59 am
The Texas Senate Nominations Committee delayed another Rick Perry nomination to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice after rookie Sen. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 8:03 am
TDCJ can't by rule take those away. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 4:58 am
Litigation heating up over summertime prison conditionsHot in Louisiana: Federal suit may set precedent for Texas Report: 'Deadly heat in Texas prisons'Union rep: TDCJ focuses on pigs' comfort over staff, inmatesClimate-controlled hogs' barn spurred union participation in prisoner heat suitTDCJ guard union joins inmate litigation over excessive heatSaving TDCJ's bacon: Cool pigs vs. overheated inmatesTDCJ's pigs to get air conditioning but not… [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 8:53 am
“But even now, TDCJ is refusing totake basic steps to protect inmates. [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 Mar 2019, 5:55 am
And Murphy gave TDCJ little time to litigate any legal challenge that would follow. [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 3:36 pm
Apparently the pharmacist didn't understand the Texas Public Information Act and TDCJ didn't fully explain it to him; these revelations were as predictable as the sunrise. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 8:45 am
See the 5th Circuit's court order.Houston Chronicle: ‘A perfect storm’: Health experts warn of rapid COVID-19 spread in Texas prisons, recommend early releasesKHOU: TDCJ correctional officer, 2 inmates die from apparent COVID-related complicationsHuntsville Item: TDCJ COVID-19 UPDATE: Offender at Wynne Unit has died from coronavirusKLTV: TDCJ updates Beto Unit 106 COVID-19 cases, 54 tests pendingTexas Tribune: Coronavirus in… [read post]
31 Aug 2013, 4:44 am
That table had TDCJ receiving a 40% "kickback" on the costs families pay for inmate phone calls. [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]
16 Jul 2018, 8:35 am
TDCJ employs more than 37,000 people at any given juncture. [read post]
5 Dec 2015, 10:43 am
For offenders who did not receive the presumptive finding, TDCJ would continue to provide judicial notification of diligent participation credit eligibility and judges would maintain discretion in awarding diligent participation credit. [read post]
17 Jul 2016, 5:44 am
For example, TDCJ's budget grew by a whopping $458.4 million in its last biennial budget, increasing to an all-funds total of $6.7 billion per biennium.Grits calculated a few years ago that TDCJ's spending grew 274% more than inflation and population growth combined between 1982 and 2012. [read post]
