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9 Jun 2013, 6:40 am
The Dawson State Jail is the other prime target for closure but the final say is up to TDCJ's board. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 10:50 am
Moreover, TJJD has the tools it needs to respond to the most serious forms of youth violence, through criminal prosecution of TJJD youth and transfer of determinate sentence youth to TDCJ (the adult prison system), and these tools are routinely employed.The report contains a very detailed chapter describing nationally recognized best practices in youth behavior management. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 8:59 am
This brief Grits blog post alerted the Senate Nominations Committee to conflicts of interest by TDCJ board nominee Annettee Raggette, the sister-in-law and former business partner of TDCJ board chair Oliver Bell, whose nomination was withdrawn within a week. [read post]
31 May 2013, 7:16 am
For example, the Lege reduced TDCJ's budget precisely by the amount it cost to run those two units! [read post]
20 May 2013, 8:34 am
The guards are alleged to have help inmates commit crimes from behind bars at TDCJ's McConnell prison in Beeville, including bringing in drugs and cell phones to coordinate crimes outside the walls. [read post]
19 May 2013, 7:20 am
Among Texas state agencies, the Department of Public Safety, the Attorney General, TABC, TDCJ, TCEQ, the Department of Insurance and UT-System police departments (individually and collectively) all subscribe to the service.All the big city police departments in Texas subscribe to the service - Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso - as well as the corresponding sheriffs and district attorneys offices in those counties. [read post]
11 May 2013, 6:31 am
The story doesn't mention the Jones County facility but if they're closing two units TDCJ likely won't be buying another one. [read post]
7 May 2013, 5:59 am
The Texas Senate Nominations Committee delayed another Rick Perry nomination to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice after rookie Sen. [read post]
5 May 2013, 3:44 pm
The big news out of the vote on yesterday's TDCJ Sunset bill, reported the Texas Observer was an amendment related to prison closures:on Saturday an amendment by conservative Weatherford Republican Phil King will require the department to prioritize closing the most costly private prisons over less-expensive ones (in a “cost-benefit analysis,” as King put it).Quite a few Republicans have embraced a smart-on-crime approach and believe that mass incarceration, especially of… [read post]
3 May 2013, 10:51 am
(There are also a number of prefiled amendments aimed at the TDCJ Sunset bill which will be heard that day.) [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 10:12 am
TDCJ/UTMB, et. al., have told the Lege what it will cost to provide care to prisoners but even the more generous Senate version of the budget is $55 million shy of the requested amount. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 2:51 pm
See related Grits posts:Perry withdraws TDCJ board nomination Whitmire: Appointment of chairman's business associate to TDCJ board 'not smart'Employee of TDCJ board chair nominated to join him on board [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 5:03 am
Governor Rick Perry has withdrawn the nomination of Annette Raggette to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice which oversees the state prison system after this blog broke the news, followed up by a story in the Austin Statesman, that she has close business ties and worked for years for an eponymous company run by TDCJ board chairman Oliver Bell. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 4:42 am
Grits last week raised questions about the appointment to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice of Annette Raggette, a woman whose LinkedIn profile listed her as an employee of board chairman Oliver Bell. [read post]
18 Apr 2013, 3:28 pm
Her bio on the TDCJ board page does not list the affiliation, focusing on a more recent, concurrent post as President and CEO of something called The Crescent Group, Inc., about which not much information is available online. [read post]
13 Apr 2013, 10:51 am
Four Price wants to amend the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Sunset bill to require data sharing architecture between TDCJ, the parole board, the Windham School District and correctional managed healthcare, contending that "The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing." [read post]
7 Apr 2013, 1:32 pm
My favorite part:not later than 30 days before a trial is scheduled to commence for an offense other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only, the court shall require the attorney representing the state to affirm in open court that the attorney has:(1) been diligent in identifying any exculpatory or impeachment evidence that is material to the defendant's guilt or punishment and in the possession of or otherwise known to any peace officer, investigator, or other individual involved in the… [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 12:11 pm
The House budget matched the Senate's inclusion of $105.2 million for TDCJ correctional officers salary increases of 5 percent, but failed to pay for them with prison closures the way they did on the Senate side.. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 5:36 am
IPOT sent questionnaires to around 1,000 inmates in TDCJ convicted of arson, with responses coming from fewer than 200 of them. [read post]
11 Mar 2013, 6:46 am
No one was more shocked than me when he was convicted of a string of armed robberies and sent to TDCJ. [read post]
