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21 Jun 2007, 5:52 am
by Jake Ward of Perrysburg Ohio fame. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 12:44 am
In yesterday's Austin Statesman Mike Ward outlined the fate of two Texas Youth Commission facilities and their conversion to adult prisons ("Texas could get new adult prisons without building them," June 5):Under legislation expected to be signed into law by Gov. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 11:24 am
Some quotes: ATLANTA (AP) -- The case of a jet-setting tuberculosis patient might soon shift from the hospital wards to the courts. [read post]
26 May 2007, 1:23 am
Mike Ward on the Statesman's Postcards from the Lege blog last night corrected an earlier, erroneous report that new prison funding would only occur if incarceration levels required it and diversion programs were implemented.Now, reports Ward, Texas will build new prisons whether incarceration rates require them or not. [read post]
25 May 2007, 8:34 am
I already mentioned that Mike Ward reported today on the Statesman's blog that new prison building in Texas would come with "strings" attached that would keep them from being built if incarceration growth didn't require it.Now I'm hearing a wave of rumors that the Rider, which contained the "strings" Ward referenced, isn't in the final budget, though NOBODY will admit to having seen a final copy yet. [read post]
25 May 2007, 5:30 am
Mike Ward has an update on the status of new prisons in the yet-to-be-revealed state budget in the Austin Statesman's Postcards from the Lege blog:Building the new prisons will come with strings. [read post]
25 May 2007, 1:47 am
Wrote the Statesman's Mike Ward ("TYC to adjust hiring policy," May 25):Under a Youth Commission personnel policy put into effect April 13, in a get-tough move to rid the agency of convicted felons working as guards and caseworkers, no one convicted of one of five types of crimes can be hired, including those convicted of a Class B misdemeanor within the past five years. [read post]
14 May 2007, 10:49 pm
Getting a promotion these days at the Texas Youth Commission is like being promoted to become one of Darth Vader's lieutenants in Star Wars - seeing the fate of those who preceded you, one may reasonably prefer to avoid the honor.As of yesterday, an astonishing 93 people have been "suspended, terminated, or forced into retirement" reported Mike Ward at the Austin American Statesman ("Youth Commission suspends four superintendents," May 15). [read post]
14 May 2007, 5:02 am
These bills have passed the Senate and are pending in the House.We are privileged that House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden, the House sponsor of these two bills as well as significant other criminal justice reform legislation, and Senator Rodney Ellis, the lead sponsor of SB1909, attended the briefing along with legislative staff and other stakeholders.Austin American-Statesman reporter Mike Ward, who has published numerous informative stories on adult and juvenile criminal… [read post]
28 Feb 2007, 10:11 am
" by Mike Ward. [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]
25 Feb 2007, 6:41 am
Terry Keel, to look more like this one, actually (as the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward noted). [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:37 am
Mike Ward has a lengthy story in today's Austin American-Statesman about Martin Draughon, back in prison while appealing a parole revocation. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 4:01 pm
.--------- Grace turned to events in Durham amidst Mike Nifong's pre-primary publicity barrage. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 5:47 am
As House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden told the Statesman's Mike Ward, "It could be that programs could not be brought on line fast enough, or the programs were limited for some reason," he said. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 7:14 am
I'd have liked to have been a fly on the wall when they had that conversation.AND MORE: Mike Ward also predicted on the Statesman's legislative blog, that "Gov. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 6:17 am
That tells me that with more significant policy changes like those proposed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, it might be possible to reduce the rate of increase even further.See more background on today's joint committee meeting, and check back at Grits later today for updates from the scene.UPDATE: More from the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 4:01 pm
Mike, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, PC, 425 South Perry Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, Phone: (334) 834-7600, extension 290, Direct Line: (334) 386-4342, Facsimile: (334) 832-7419, Email: mhill@hillhillcarter.com--> Alaska*Cooper, Elizabeth A. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 8:51 am
According to the Statesman's Mike Ward ("Criminal justice leaders push home nurses, anger management to help trim crime," Jan. 23), the new plan for alternatives to prison building in Texas will be unveiled at a joint hearing on January 30 between the House Corrections and Senate Criminal Justice Committees. [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 5:59 am
(The number of kids in the juvenile probation system, by contrast, they predict will expand around 3% per year, from 44,423 in 2007 to 51,283 in 2012.)The two units Whitmire wants to close were designed to hold 1,000 adult inmates each, but he told the Statesman's Mike Ward that they're each only holding about 300 juvenile prisoners right now. [read post]
