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15 Mar 2012, 9:34 am
Our media should have picked up on the outsourcing of border security operations long ago, but not a single reporter (MSM or otherwise) regularly attends meetings of the Public Safety Commission, much less covers the agency in remotely the level of detail, say, that the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward does for TDCJ. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 11:55 am
Ward, June, Wally, and Theodore “The Beaver” Cleaver of Leave It to Beaver by Mike. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 12:20 pm
See a brief description from Mike Ward at the Statesman, who reports:Victory Field Correctional Academy in Vernon and the West Texas State School in Pyote, both slated to be closed in August, will instead would shut down April 2 to save about $3.5 million. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 4:53 am
Here's a prediction based solely on circumstances, I have no inside knowledge: An attorney somewhere in Texas will soon sue the Youth Commission on behalf of one of the 79 youth offenders with determinate sentences being kept there past their 19th birthday.And they'll win.The Dallas News follows up today on the Statesman's Mike Ward's report earlier this week that the Youth Commission will not release 19-20 year olds with determinate sentences, as previously… [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 10:04 am
The Austin American-Statesman's Postcard blog has, "Death-penalty trigger increase gets OK," posted by Mike Ward. [read post]
10 May 2013, 5:06 am
The Moral of a Recent Second Circuit Opinion: Don’t Rely on Commas for Disambiguation by Ken Adams in Adams on Contract Drafting Via this post by Ray Ward I learned of the recent opinion of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in AIG v. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 8:19 am
“The big, glaring problem is the failure to adequately implement rehabilitative programming for some of the kids in the juvenile system who are most desperately in need of it,” she said.As long as those problems persist, she said, the agency may succeed in moving the violent youths temporarily, but another will simply take their place because the juveniles aren’t learning effective ways to cope or appropriate ways to behave.Relatedly, at the Austin Statesman today… [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 10:24 am
Several recent juvenile justice related stories merit Grits readers' attention:Austin Statesman: Texas confronts broken juvenile justice system, againTexas Tribune: TJJD doing blanket review of youths in facilities Texas Tribune: Juvie detention center seen as model for reformThe Statesman story by Mike Ward mentioned that, "On Friday, the agency will ... [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 10:02 pm
Reports Mike Ward from the Austin Statesman ("Jury says state officials violated parolees right to hearing," Oct. 9):An Austin federal jury on Thursday found that two top state parole officials violated the constitutional rights of an ex-convict who was denied a required hearing for 576 days.Jurors also held Board of Pardon and Paroles Chairman Rissie Owens liable for $21,250 in damages and awarded Curtis Ray Graham attorney's fees that are expected to top… [read post]
25 Feb 2007, 2:32 pm
Last May in the Austin Statesman Mike Ward did a fine story about rampant fraud by some attorneys purporting to represent families of parole candidates who took a lot of money and did virtually nothing, so be really careful. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 6:01 am
That's the ill-conceived suggestion from Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, who wants to create a new crime - "Driving While Ability Impaired" - to go after drivers who've been drinking but whose blood alcohol content (BAC) is below the legal .08 limit, the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward reported yesterday. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 1:36 pm
Mike Beebe today set execution dates for condemned killers Jason Ferrell McGehee and Bruce Earl Ward. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 7:56 am
" "DNA testing bill advances," by Mike Ward for the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 5:36 am
But that crime is rarely prosecuted.Relatedly, Mike Ward at the Statesman has a blog post about a bipartisan letter from legislators asking TDCJ officials to address the issues raised in a recent report by Just Detention International.And I'd missed last month an essay in the New York Review of Books focusing on carceral rape and in particular the TYC sex abuse cases. [read post]
5 Feb 2011, 7:21 pm
Mike Tomlin took the Steelers through 4 games without his starting QB and they went 3-1. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 9:06 am
"Jamming of Smuggled Cell Phones Tests to Begin in Texas Next Week: Mike Ward of the Statesman in Texas reports that after two years of delays, a Texas prison will begin testing cell phone jamming equipment early next week before permanently installing it. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 3:46 am
District Court for Western Washington March 11 on behalf investor John Dennis, who claims he invested $115,000 with FutureSelect Prime Advisors of Redmond, Washington, and that FutureSelect's managing partner, Ron Ward, failed to perform proper due diligence before investing the money with a hedge fund that in turn invested the money with Madoff. [read post]
10 May 2013, 5:06 am
The Moral of a Recent Second Circuit Opinion: Don’t Rely on Commas for Disambiguation by Ken Adams in Adams on Contract Drafting Via this post by Ray Ward I learned of the recent opinion of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in AIG v. [read post]
30 May 2011, 7:39 am
(UPDATE/CORRECTION: The bill to revamp inmate copays died unexpectedly on the last day but has been revived in the special session, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward.)As far back as 2005, UTMB officials said the system was near the brink of failing to provide constitutional levels of care: "'We can't go any farther,' said [Dr. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 2:04 am
Original Article 09/20/2011 By Mike Ward After years of legal decisions requiring state parole officials to provide hearings before they impose sex-offender restrictions on felons never convicted of a sex crime, two courts have taken the unusual step of blocking the restrictions. - Why would you impose sex offender restrictions on someone who hasn't committed a sex crime in the first place? [read post]
