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21 Jan 2011, 3:38 am
All TDCJ operations and programs were reduced and the bill, as filed, would eliminate over 2,000 positions within TDCJ alone. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 5:02 am
The Texas Tribune reports that TDCJ inmates would have their maximum phone time doubled under an amendment by Rep. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 7:46 am
According to the TDCJ website, nine other executions have already been set for 2007. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 7:22 am
See this review of the public television special aired last night featuring the life and work of Fred Cruz, a legendary TDCJ "writ writer" convicted of armed robbery in 1960 who insisted upon his own innocence until his death in prison. [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 2:20 am
The Urban Institute analyzed the relation between drug treatment and recidivism through interviews with hundreds of inmates released from TDCJ. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 6:44 am
According to TDCJ, an additional 12 execution dates are already set in 2009, and more are expected to be added. [read post]
15 Nov 2008, 10:27 am
Over at The Back Gate, a prison staff-run website, a reader poll asks this question: "As a TDCJ employee, have you witnessed incidents on your unit that you were afraid to report to your warden(s) due to fears of career suicide and or retaliation? [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 2:05 pm
Prior to his work at TDCJ, he was director of communications at the State Bar of Texas. [read post]
21 May 2010, 6:31 am
" "Our TDCJ gaurds are making $20,000 a year to deal with this scum. [read post]
18 Jan 2020, 7:16 am
Smithey’s multiple falsehoods served to mislead the jury into believing that TDCJ would be completely unprepared to imprison Mr. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 10:27 am
But the corrections culture that produces these illicit relationships at TJJD and TDCJ continues to afford opportunities for predatory behavior.So we're better at catching and punishing predators. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 7:32 am
" At yesterday's House Corrections Committee hearing, however, TDCJ executive director Bryan Collier said the agency now estimates the cost to install air conditioning at $4 million, a more than 80 percent reduction from their original estimate. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 5:50 am
More from the TDCJ Sunset hearing:Texas is "very close" to not providing a "constitutional level" of healthcare because we're spending the same amount today on healthcare we spent in 2002, said a rep from the Correctional Managed Healthcare Committee.The state's having a huge problem finding doctors and especially nurses to work at prisons - private practice pays more, and some hospitals are paying $5,000 signing bonuses for nurses. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 1:38 pm
TDCJ maintains this list of scheduled executions. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 8:58 am
TDCJ officials yesterday updated the Legislature publicly for the first time (to my knowledge) on the status of health care services provided by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) after the prison hospital located on the island was closed because of Hurricane Ike. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 3:24 pm
TDCJ originally had hoped the phone installation would be complete by next month, but those deadline have long ago passed. [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 9:20 am
He also would like to see the state combine or close three Jester Unit prisons nearby and move those inmates to five other state prisons.Whitmire said he plans to push for additional closures as an alternative to cutting guards and compromising health care, if the mandated 4-percent cut is not rescinded.That's exactly the right path: In 2011, TDCJ suggested similar cuts to services, particularly to health care, which ultimately had to be rescinded. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 3:56 pm
The Amarillo Globe News on Sunday published an odd little journalistic trot down memory lane recounting the 20th anniversary of a behind-the-scenes lobby effort to secure TDCJ's Clements and Neal units in the Amarillo area. [read post]
26 Dec 2010, 5:51 am
Exoneree Michael Green spent 27 years in TDCJ for a rape he didn't commit and now spends his days combing through jail mail, reports AP: "Since his release in July, after new DNA tests showed he was innocent, Green has worked for his attorney as a volunteer, reading letters from inmates, looking for others who might be wrongfully imprisoned. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 8:21 am
Earlier this month, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice decided to join the other 49 US states in allowing most prison inmates regular access to telephones in the face of rampant cell phone smuggling by TDCJ guards. [read post]
