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21 Jun 2012, 7:27 am
Earlier coverage of Texas' lethal injection drugs and TDCJ's resistance to releasing public information begins at the link. [read post]
Father's Day behind bars, Michael Morton documentary, endangered Texas courthouses and other stories
18 Jun 2012, 5:53 am
Around half of TDCJ inmates are parents of minor children.Water rationing at Connally UnitThe Connally Unit in Karnes County last week was forced to ration water because of low pressure in the local system. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm
Mike Ward at the Statesman has more coverage of the recent TDCJ Sunset hearing, though IMO he overstates the chance that the parole board's authority will be substantially expanded. [read post]
9 Jun 2012, 3:24 am
Just a few odds and ends that didn't make it this week into their own, full posts:A court has ordered DNA testing in Kerry Max Cook's case, potentially presaging a long overdue habeas writ based on actual innocence for the Tyler man who spent 19 years on death row.A prosecutor in El Paso allegedly took bribes to dismiss family violence cases.More on the lawsuit alleging employment retaliation by former TDCJ flack Michelle Lyons.Dallas PD has ceased using spike strips to end… [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 3:34 pm
The group Texas IMPACT put snippets of video on their website of some of the reform-minded testimony at this week's Sunset Commission hearing focused on the Department of Criminal Justice, (discussed on Grits here) for those who didn't get to attend.Go here to see the full, unexpurgated hours-long June 5 hearing, for those who'd like to watch the whole thing online. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 11:13 am
Former TDCJ public information office Michelle Lyons has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was fired in retaliation for revealing information about irregularities in agency time keeping, The Backgate blog reports. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 10:44 am
TDCJ has approved about 80,000 of more than 92,000 books sent to its inmates, according to database records. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 8:40 am
The Austin Statesman's Eric Dexheimer has an item about an ex-TDCJ prisoner who was trained while in prison as a barber on the taxpayers dime but was then turned down for licensing ("State government giveth, then taketh away," June 6). [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 4:01 am
See also a slideshow of pics from the Youthful Offender program that accompanied Ward's article Monday, and Grits' own discussion of the suggestion to model youth prisons after TDCJ's Youthful Offender Program. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 7:26 pm
Matt Simpson at the ACLU of Texas testified that parole-eligible TDCJ inmates number around 58,000 and cost the state a whopping $2.7 million per day, or nearly a billion dollars per year.Sen. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 7:01 am
They, like those in TDCJ, are not getting out anytime soon. [read post]
2 Jun 2012, 8:27 am
Since he was sixteen when convicted, Arena was sentenced as a juvenile and transferred to TDCJ where the 29-year old remained until yesterday:Michael Arena, almost 13 years into a 20-year prison sentence for molesting a young cousin who later said the incident never happened, was released from prison Friday evening.The Texas Supreme Court threw out Arena's sentence last month, ruling that a prosecution witness provided damaging false testimony during his 1999 trial — labeling… [read post]
31 May 2012, 1:14 pm
Remarkably, he's been serving time for his prior offenses in South Carolina because of the risk of retaliation in TDCJ. [read post]
26 May 2012, 5:24 am
Via email from Ana Correa the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, see details about the upcoming Sunset hearing for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and her group's diligent preparations:On June 5th, Texas' Sunset Advisory Commission will hear testimony in response to its staff report of findings and recommendations related to the state's criminal justice system. [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:16 pm
According to TDCJ, the next scheduled Texas execution is July 18. [read post]
21 May 2012, 9:14 am
According to TDCJ, six Texas executions are currently scheduled; the next is set for June 6. [read post]
18 May 2012, 7:10 am
Earlier coverage of TDCJ's lethal injection stock begins at the link. [read post]
17 May 2012, 3:06 am
Two suggested reasons would likely improve public safety: The decision to release long-term inmates before their sentence is up so they'll be under supervision when they leave, and the Lege funding drug and alcohol treatment in prison, which in turn lets the parole board can condition release on completing it.This must be welcome news to TDCJ bean counters fretting over budgets, who presently are straining to cover guard overtime and prisoner health costs under their reduced budget. [read post]
11 May 2012, 9:57 am
[TDCJ Deputy Executive Director Bryan] Collier. [read post]
9 May 2012, 5:59 am
He left to make way for Ed Owens' disastrous conservatorship, which sought to turn TYC into a mini-adult prison system, bringing in fumbling leadership from TDCJ as well as an adult security mentality heavily reliant on pepper spray and solitary confinement. [read post]
