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27 Mar 2011, 8:00 am
They can put a precise dollar figure on what it would cost to upgrade security at the 97 state-owned units (plus the 15 private units where the state leases beds, most of which don't have such accouterments, either).Further, not only do we know the price, but we know that price is higher than the value the Texas Legislature places on keeping contraband out of prisons. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 8:02 am
The Austin Statesman today editorialized against providing post-secondary vocational courses to Texas prison inmates, and made this flawed argument (rebutted over the last few days in the comments to this Grits post):So far, the state has spent $26.9 million on the program, which is based on the proven notion that recidivism rates can be lowered if inmates leave prison with more education than they had when they arrived.The cost of the program was to have been borne by the … [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 5:04 am
In addition to these potential issues of the misuse of prosecutorial discretion, would other states recognize Texas' decision not to require sex offender registration, or would they require such registration if the convicted person transfers to their states? [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 5:11 am
2,383 and counting: How many felonies from the 82nd Texas Legislature? [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 6:14 pm
On March 23, 2011, a bill proposing that poker be removed from the reach of the state’s gambling statutes and recognized as a game of skill was approved by two committees of that state’s legislature. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 12:01 pm
How 'bout the Legislature STOP jacking up criminal penalties, kill those 308 bills, pass Rep. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 9:48 am
The report and its findings are especially timely during the Texas Legislature’s ongoing effort to reform and restructure the state’s juvenile justice system. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 9:16 am
The report also compares the significant differences in programming and services for the two populations of juvenile offenders—those who get sent to adult jails and prisons, and those who receive placements in the Texas Youth Commission.The report and its findings are especially timely during the Texas Legislature's ongoing effort to restructure the state's juvenile justice system, and are consistent with the direction that… [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 12:42 am
Tomassi Law Associates, LLC www.attorney-ri.com 1-888-RI-LAWLINEEvery year in Texas, hundreds of boat owners and operators violate a state law many dont even know exists. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 10:01 pm
Alexander argues “that the Texas Legislature should pass laws clarifying that wind is a natural resource under the Texas Constitution, and that to promote ‘[t]he conservation and development’ of wind as a natural resource, the Legislature should statutorily recognize wind rights as an interest severable from land ownership. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 5:50 pm
So the Women's Funding Network paid Schapiro to expand the study to Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Texas. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 1:43 pm
The Legislature should pass it, and look closely at it again in two years. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 9:06 am
I find it fascinating that other states, notably Missouri, are beginning to tell judges the cost to taxpayers of sentences they impose, as described in this blog post from Lauren Brooke Eisen at the Vera Institute.By contrast, in Texas legislators don't even get honest assessments of the costs of criminal penalties before passing them into law. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 1:24 pm
The North Carolina legislature, for the second time in six years, is thinking about cutting workers' compensation benefits. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 10:32 am
Texas at the moment has 314. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 9:25 am
And earlier this month, both houses of the Texas legislature passed versions of a bill requiring a woman to get a sonogram before having an abortion. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 7:35 pm
Moreover, since Texas is a concealed carry state (in fact, the state legislature is currently moving through a bill to permit university students to carry sidearms on campus), I'm sure that by the time he got very far into his speech, he'd have a number of badges of honor to display proudly to the EMTs on his way out of the venue. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 4:53 am
Texas' CCA is a Reconstruction-era anachronism and there's no real purpose or benefit any longer, if there ever was, from having two high courts in the state. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 2:26 pm
State of Texas, et al. v. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 2:23 pm
State Rep. [read post]
