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29 Oct 2015, 7:02 am
" When you consider the volume of felons Texas produces - we release more than 70,000 prisoners from TDCJ every year - this is a much more important issue than one would think from the amount of coverage it receives. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 11:27 pm
Once you do that TDCJ will apply their own formula for calculating back time depending on what type of charge you have, which is 2 0 days for every 30 days you serve (or 50 days per month). [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 2:59 pm
Here are a handful of items which merit Grits readers attention even if I don't have time to blog on each individually:Grits had missed this excellent story from WFAA on Curtis Garland's death in TDCJ because he couldn't get access to his asthma inhaler. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 8:17 am
Grits compiled these data* from TDCJ Annual Statistical Reports (available here):Prisoners in TDCJ Sentenced to Life Without Parole2014: 6832013: 5812012: 4852011: 3822010: 2902009: 2032008: 1212007: 492006: 4*Total at the end of each fiscal year, 2015 not yet posted [read post]
30 Sep 2015, 4:39 pm
Thirty-one people successfully committed suicide in TDCJ in 2014; 21 had done so as of this August 2015 report.According to the same document, the ratio of suicide attempts in 2014 was the highest in recent history at 64.1 per 10,000 offenders, and the monthly totals are higher, even, this year. [read post]
26 Sep 2015, 6:21 am
When 2014 ended, 166,043 prisoners were in TDCJ custody, the lowest number since 2002. [read post]
20 Sep 2015, 9:29 am
Here are the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's aggregate receive/release figures from FY 2007-2014, the most recent full year available from the TDCJ Annual Statistical Reports. [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 6:35 am
He ran TDCJ's institutional division overseeing all Texas prison units and she chaired the parole board which decided how full those prisons would stay. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 7:13 am
See TDCJ's statement on the incident. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 10:01 am
The Texas Tribune reported that suicides are by far the most common cause of unnatural deaths in jails and most of those are hangings.Last year in Texas there were 615 in-custody deaths; 410 were in TDCJ (excluding 10 executions) and the rest were police shootings or deaths in jails. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 3:11 pm
The SAFP program is the TDCJ rehab program with the best results and was the only one to make a double-digit difference. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 4:36 am
”The TDCJ and the city of Abilene are working on the problem. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 6:53 am
Meanwhile, Judge Gist is highly respected around the state, chair of the Judicial Advisory Council, and a Rick Perry appointee to the board at TDCJ. [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]
3 Jul 2015, 5:35 am
New software lets "Cases ... be presented to grand juries faster, which shortens jail stays"Quicker prep for TDCJ pickup: Everybody cites this but one seldom sees data to support the claim. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 8:13 am
Kaufman County has 19 “Hold For TDCJ” inmates right now, that’s more than any other criminal offense. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 8:13 am
Kaufman County has 19 “Hold For TDCJ” inmates right now, that’s more than any other criminal offense. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 8:13 am
Kaufman County has 19 “Hold For TDCJ” inmates right now, that’s more than any other criminal offense. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 8:13 am
Kaufman County has 19 “Hold For TDCJ” inmates right now, that’s more than any other criminal offense. [read post]
31 May 2015, 11:02 am
" Similarly, he wrote, "Lyons says she got crosswise with TDCJ administrators because they decided she was too open with the news media, and, by extension, the general public. [read post]
