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31 Aug 2007, 12:42 am
Indeed, it doesn't seem like that long ago that then-TDCJ Executive Director Andy Collins was accused of bribe-taking in a scandal that, for a time, shook Texas' prison system to its core but unfortunately did not result in lasting reform.Now we'll get to re-live the sordid tale, says the Houston Chronicle ("New trial in VitaPro bribery case ordered," Aug. 28), since the Fifth Circuit upheld an order by a Houston district judge for a new trial. [read post]
19 Jun 2010, 8:15 pm
I've been thinking more about University of Texas Medical Branch's practice of renting out mentally ill prison inmates for cops to practice their phlebotomy against, and it seems to me that UTMB, TDCJ's medical services provider, is missing out on several other great opportunities to make money on the backs of "consenting" (consent is easy to obtain in prison—just offer a little extra privilege, something to make the time pass, to those who do what you want,… [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 8:30 am
Mosley had been with TDCJ for 22 years.Texas jail capacity expandingNicole at Texas Prison Bidness has an item on jails currently planned or under construction in Texas. [read post]
18 Jun 2008, 5:00 am
The execution warrant expires at 12 midnight, and TDCJ officials reportedly have said that the execution could not be conducted in the time left. [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]
7 May 2018, 7:01 am
Earlier this year, a TDCJ legislative handout put the number at 232,278, representing an astonishing 46 percent reduction! [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 11:16 am
Both budgets zeroed out TDCJ's line item for facilities maintenance, a suggestion that fails to pass the laugh test. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 9:48 am
TDCJ chief Brad Livingston had told the subcommittee such an increase would bring the agency's healthcare budget back up to levels during the 2010-11 biennium. [read post]
31 Oct 2018, 11:39 am
They have been forgotten by the system.With just a bit of ramp-up time, it wouldn't cost TDCJ or CPS much to identify youth with incarcerated parents. [read post]
12 Oct 2013, 7:14 am
Regrettably, I've little doubt that's the message received by remaining TDCJ employees. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 10:42 am
The TDCJ should not move forward with these executions. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 2:44 pm
"Litigation to watchA Texas prisoner's family has sued after his suicide, alleging that TDCJ didn't provide him with needed medications.Good riddanceRead a post mortem on the Abel Reyna campaign. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 11:28 am
And of course, any of this is something TDCJ could do tomorrow. [read post]
6 Feb 2016, 1:32 pm
According to that source, about 16 percent of TDCJ offenders on hand as of Aug. 31, 2014 were incarcerated for a drug offense as the primary charge, or 24,005 inmates out of roughly 150,000 incarcerated in TDCJ that day. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 7:58 am
I was forwarded an email from our friend Emmett Solomons, the former head chaplain at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who now runs the Restorative Justice Ministries Network, sounding the alarm about the House and Senate budgets both zeroing out all funding for TDCJ chaplains. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 4:53 pm
Eroy Brown, a TDCJ prisoner serving time in a South Carolina prison to protect him from state retaliation, is up for parole, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Brown case highlights reluctance to parole long-time offenders," Jan. 18). [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 6:43 am
A few disparate items that deserve Grits readers attention:'Forgiving My Daughter's Killer'From the Washington Post, see "Forgiving My Daughter's Killer," which offers praise for a victim-offender mediation program at TDCJ based on restorative justice principles.Dallas: Budget shortfall = Fewer copsDallas PD may shrink its police force through attrition to avoid cutting officer pay during a time of budget crisis. [read post]
2 Mar 2021, 2:54 am
The group I lead, Just Liberty, is requesting they spend that money instead on two items: 1) Expanded treatment funding to move paroled prisoners out of lockups sooner, and 2) increasing prisoner food budgets by $17 million per year.We discussed the treatment funding in the last post; let's delve deeper into TDCJ food budgets.Food spending at TDCJ peaked at $106,601,431 paying for food for 155,076 inmates as of 8/31/09. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 11:29 am
In 2013, TDCJ reported a 20.6 percent turnover rate across all positions, while correctional officers had an even higher turnover rate - 24 percent. [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 7:12 am
When the Gainesville stories first came out, Grits observed:These troubles mirror problems witnessed at the adult system, where sexual misconduct by staff at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a big source of federal Prison Rape Elimination Act violations. [read post]
