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16 May 2014, 9:33 am
Unfortunately, our legitimate concerns regarding the unfeasible standards on cross-gender viewing, youthful offenders and staffing ratios have not been properly addressed by DOJ.Some of this still strikes me as odd because correspondence between TDCJ and a consultant hired to advise the state on PREA compliance did not include any concern that the agency "would be forced to deny female officers job assignments and promotion opportunities," as the letter suggests. [read post]
16 May 2014, 8:06 am
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 13 that TDCJ withheld mitigation evidence that supported capital defendant Robert James Campbell's claims of mental retardation (an "Atkins" claim, in legal parlance), ordering a stay of his execution. [read post]
14 May 2014, 6:45 am
That is where you are sentenced to prison (in this case George got 10 years in TDCJ) but the court allows you do probation after spending a few months in prison. [read post]
6 May 2014, 4:05 pm
Perry would say TDCJ could not comply.Though Gov. [read post]
5 May 2014, 9:30 am
And she suggested that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and the Juvenile Justice Department's independent ombudsman should be empowered to perform audits of local detention facilities instead of requiring them to hire their own, outside consultants to perform them.See related Grits posts: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]
4 May 2014, 11:50 am
Livingston, (SD TX, April 30, 2014), the court held that(a) [Texas Department of Criminal Justice] current Administrative Directive 7.30 ... which embodies TDCJ’s policy that inmates may not gather in groups of more than four for religious services unless a TDCJ staff member or outside volunteer is available to provide “direct supervision,” is an ongoing violation of the Muslim inmates’ federal rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized… [read post]
25 Apr 2014, 5:09 am
Emmett Solomon, a long-time TDCJ chaplain and founder of the Restorative Justice Ministries Network, a well-regarded clearinghouse and advocate for Texas prison ministries, passed away this week in Huntsville. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 12:08 pm
On Texas Public Radio, LBJ School instructor Michele Deitch and TDCJ guard union president Lance Lowry were interviewed yesterday on the subject of Gov. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 11:28 am
According to the report, "almost half of TDCJ facilities are built with outer walls that are either partially or fully constructed from metal. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 6:55 am
A consultant referred to TDCJ by the PREA Resource Center absurdly suggested that TDCJ solve this problem by removing security cameras and obstructing line of sight. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 12:37 pm
But I asked her to follow up with TDCJ's PREA Compliance division to make sure. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 12:16 pm
IPOT sent questionnaires to more than a thousand prisoners in TDCJ convicted of arson, getting responses back from about a quarter of them. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 7:13 am
One also wonders how many disciplinary actions against employees resulted from these thousands of force incidents, or if TDCJ considered them all justified. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 1:10 pm
As recently as late last year TDCJ was saying the new PREA standards would "supplement and strengthen TDCJ's continued effort to prevent, detect and effectively respond to in-prison sex abuse." [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 9:11 am
Lance Lowry, president of the union representing TDCJ prison guards, issued a press release today suggesting that Gov. [read post]
30 Mar 2014, 5:00 pm
Here are a few items that deserve Grits readers' attention but haven't made it into their own individual posts:TDCJ staff breaking badA couple of items from The Back Gate website detail disciplinary problems at TDCJ units:7 Officers Arrested at Gib Lewis Unit After Alleged Sexual AssaultInvestigation Pending After 63 Year Old Montford Unit Inmate Dies Following Force by StaffBusted at EasthamFilm this: Fort Worth PD adds body camsFort Worth PD has decided to buy 400 additional body cameras… [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 5:44 pm
A consultant referred to TDCJ by the PREA Resource Center absurdly suggested that TDCJ solve this proglem by removing security camersas and obstructing lines of sight. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 11:56 am
The chairman compared Crockett's situation to Jones County, which built a speculative prison and contracted with a private firm hoping to secure adult TDCJ inmates to fill it. [read post]
15 Mar 2014, 12:34 pm
These “offenders,” as TDCJ calls them, typically don’t know the deceased, unless the person died at the Walls Unit. [read post]
2 Mar 2014, 12:39 pm
Here is what we may see:(1) Individuals in TDCJ who have never been presented with a bill of costs and who have had money withdrawn from their inmate accounts will be able to challenge the withdrawals in civil proceedings. [read post]
