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25 Sep 2014, 5:43 am
Apparently, instead of going that route, TDCJ hoped to simply purchase water from another source. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 9:03 am
These include, but may not be limited to:County and District Courts (Clerk’s Office)Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)Criminal Justice Assistance Division (CJAD), a division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice [P]rivate entities that purchase criminal records – whether from county and district courts, TDCJ, or elsewhere – are not routinely notified of updates reflecting orders of nondisclosure, expunction, or even final dispositions. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 12:00 pm
If they're true, it makes you wonder about a) the effectiveness of TDCJ contract monitoring with private prisons and b) whether Corrections Corporation of America's recently announced commitment to preventing recidivism and reentry programs could possibly jibe with the organization's historic institutional culture.In the meantime, add the Bartlett State Jail to the list of facilities the Legislature might consider shuttering if they decide to close more prisons. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 6:48 am
Nearly half the deaths happened in TDCJ units. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 5:39 am
Or perhaps TDCJ will settle to prevent Ms. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 6:04 am
TDCJ will never propose that, but it's really what ought to happen.When you have the chance to make government smaller and cost less, why not take it? [read post]
4 Sep 2014, 11:06 pm
”Larry Fitzgerald hired her at TDCJ. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 4:29 am
Still, judging from commentary from the bench during oral arguments at the Fifth Circuit in the Texas case, if I were TDCJ Chief Mugwump Brad Livingston, I think I'd be pricing air conditioners and the cost of installing and using them at dozens of Texas prison units, if not all of them. [read post]
21 Aug 2014, 8:48 am
At Texas Monthly, Pam Colloff has a profile of former TDCJ flak Michelle Lyons titled, "The Witness," focused mainly on the 278 executions Lyons witnessed as part of her job before her termination/resignation in 2012. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 11:01 am
According to the list, there have 1,736 deaths in custody at TDCJ between 2005 and so far in 2014.Consensus on privacy of cell-phone location records? [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 5:09 am
E.g., TDCJ has cracked down on contraband cases but that doesn't mean more contraband is coming in than before, only that the agency is now making a greater effort to enforce the rules.And as an aside, God bless Mike Ward. [read post]
5 Jul 2014, 4:35 am
Altering its earlier estimate that Texas' prisons would run short of capacity by the end of the decade, the Legislative Budget Board now says that "adult state incarcerated populations are projected to remain stable throughout fiscal years 2014 to 2019 and to remain, on average, 0.6 percent below TDCJ’s internal operating capacity. [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 10:49 am
While I don't believe the kid's at significant risk of spending 99 years in TDCJ for the offense or anything like it, it's true the penalties are out of whack. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 10:07 am
Glancing quickly through it, I did see a couple of interesting items I didn't know.Extra capacity at TDCJ? [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 7:09 am
It's the inexplicable backstory to Perry's decision that keeps nagging at me.See related Grits posts: PREA deadline passes: Perry tells Holder Texas won't comply More on Texas' PREA compliance Potential civil liability for failing to comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act Radio news questions Perry PREA stance in light of consultant's report Consultant: TDCJ 'receptive' to prison rape recommendations, 'confident' proposed solutions were… [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 11:20 am
At this point, it’s not clear whether the TDCJ van was at fault or not. [read post]
1 Jun 2014, 5:19 am
That comes to between $110 to $240 million per biennium compared to roughly a billion-dollar TDCJ healthcare budget. [read post]
28 May 2014, 4:12 am
I know many of y'all have opinions on TDCJ and parole board processes as they relate to "efficiencies, effectiveness, and recidivism," as well as the proper "programmatic approach ... in the areas of the vocation, education, visitation, rehabilitation, health and mental health services, parole supervision, and reentry initiatives. [read post]
25 May 2014, 10:41 am
There's a good chance the hottest Texas prisons won't be far behind.See related Grits posts: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 prisonersMore… [read post]
22 May 2014, 10:48 am
" For long-time readers, this is a different group from the Texas Highway Patrol Association, though the economics of their telemarketing program operated on the same model.Audit draft criticizes Dallas probation on technical violationsReported the Dallas Morning News, a leaked TDCJ-CJAD audit of the Dallas County probation department found that "officers did not follow court or department policies more than two out of three times when handling 'technical violations' by… [read post]
