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3 Jul 2015, 5:35 am
New software lets "Cases ... be presented to grand juries faster, which shortens jail stays"Quicker prep for TDCJ pickup: Everybody cites this but one seldom sees data to support the claim. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 7:26 am
That pattern holds even for counties sending inmates to TDCJ at exceptionally high rates.To me, this dynamic argues for exploring more seriously a cap-and-trade program where counties are assigned a share of aggregate bed-years every year. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 9:49 am
Dan Patrick assigned an interim charge on ad seg in Texas not because he's following the UN's lead; it's that the situation has become so critical it can no longer be ignored either by state leaders or at the global level.Related Grits posts:First TDCJ prisoners pass 30-year mark in solitary confinementMore inmates in solitary in Texas than entire prison systems in 12 other states combined On the perils of reentry following solitary confinement and possible… [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 3:13 pm
(See also the brief from William Stephens, director of the Institutional Division at TDCJ, as Respondent in the case, supporting the state's position and Buck's sentence.)It's unusual to see a judge openly wishing for her colleagues to get reversed. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 10:30 am
The only reasonable way to reduce healthcare costs is to reduce the number of people incarcerated to whom the TDCJ is providing medical care. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 7:24 am
Long-time Texas parole attorney Bill Habern, whose comments on the Patricia Freeman case Grits appended to this post, followed up with an email pointing out an aspect of the parole process that deserves readers' attention:One of the big problems with the Board is that 97% of everyone in TDCJ is there by plea bargain. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 12:03 pm
Go here to send your own email.A former TDCJ guard was sentenced to 180 days in jail for allowing two inmates to attack a third then attempting to cover it up.Charges were dismissed against two Harris County jailers who left a Class B pot defendant in a cell filled with feces and garbage then tampered with records to cover it up. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:08 pm
For example, as Grits wrote in February:The most important unfunded mandate in the criminal-justice system comes from local government decision makers - especially prosecutors and judges - making choices about imprisonment at TDCJ for which state government must pay 100 percent of the costs. [read post]
31 May 2017, 6:59 am
That change coupled with declining crime made it possible to close four additional prisons in the next TDCJ budget.But this year, that progress halted. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 9:36 am
So even if the litigation isn't complete, that's something they can do to reduce baseline prison costs before the feds make them tack on an air conditioning bill If federal courts order TDCJ to perform heat mitigation, it will be a little late to start thinking about reducing prisoner numbers. [read post]
8 Mar 2021, 4:44 pm
Thompson, Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee Chair James White, and exoneree Anthony Graves, who came on to talk to us about the TDCJ prison budget.The first half of the show takes a deep dive into the issue of Class C misdemeanor arrests, using the case of Dillon Puente out of Keller, Texas to spotlight the problem. [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 7:11 am
Will they close prisons by eliminating private prison contracts to make cuts at TDCJ? [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 6:27 am
But coupled with moving troubled kids into TDCJ and uninformed comments by the new ED about raise-the-age proposals, Governor Abbott's change program still seems to this observer like it's off to a rocky start.RELATED: A couple of editorials out this week speak to the small-government strategy that, in this writer's opinion, the Governor should adopt, following Scott Walker's lead in Wisconsin, instead of doubling down on large youth prison facilities.Austin Statesman:… [read post]
5 Jul 2014, 4:35 am
Altering its earlier estimate that Texas' prisons would run short of capacity by the end of the decade, the Legislative Budget Board now says that "adult state incarcerated populations are projected to remain stable throughout fiscal years 2014 to 2019 and to remain, on average, 0.6 percent below TDCJ’s internal operating capacity. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 2:33 pm
TDCJ related to heat-related deaths, just as summer begins to warm up. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 3:21 pm
"SEE ALSO: From the Palestine Herald, "TDCJ relocating coastal prisoners. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 12:34 am
As I write this, AIDS is the number one killer in Texas prisons, and both TDCJ and local jails have major problems with staph infections and other preventable diseases. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 7:21 am
See prior, related Grits posts:Prison staff shortages and budget realityTDCJ can't keep rural units adequately staffedStaffing shortages force closure of TDCJ Connally unit wingAdult, juvie corrections took 39% of state employee reductions last yearJuvie, adult prison guards atop list of high turnover state jobs2,000 jobs cut at TDCJ'As TDCJ recruiting slows, overtime usage increases' [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 5:48 am
To do that, however, would require changes in policy to reduce incarceration levels in addition to lowering TDCJ's budget. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 9:46 am
Ed Owens: New TYC CzarWill TDCJ take over TYC by stealth? [read post]
