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2 Apr 2012, 7:52 am
On Corrections, Jerry Madden earned a national reputation as a co-author with Sen. [read post]
1 Apr 2012, 5:40 am
"The state is not in a position to bail them out," said Madden. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 2:18 pm
Jerry Madden, R-Plano, would have charged prisoners $100 per year for medical care unless they were poor.Currently, state prisoners pay $3 per doctor’s visit.In fact, though that bill died, the measure passed attached to another bill and has been implemented. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 5:03 am
Jerry Madden, who was at the meeting as one of the architects of corrections reform in his state. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 9:53 am
Jerry Madden, chairman of the House Corrections Committee. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 6:20 am
Last week the Texas Public Policy Foundation held a panel at their annual policy conference (thanks to Marc Levin and David Guenther for the invite) featuring outgoing House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden, chief Harris-County judicial cat-herder Caprice Cosper, House Rep. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:13 am
It's been going on as long as Grits has followed the agency.Now the latest example of parole-board hubris arises: The board will not any time soon implement legislation encouraging parole of illegal immigrants who're eligible for deportation, choosing to ignore a bill passed in the latest session by departing House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 11:26 am
After GOP House Corrections Committee Chairmen Ray Allen and Jerry Madden, consecutively, passed reform legislation to reduce incarceration rates, both were challenged by opponents who tried to label them soft on crime because of reform bills they passed, but both were able to win reelection. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 3:50 am
With Corrections Chair Jerry Madden and several other reform-minded legislators headed out the door, I don't know who might emerge as a champion on that score. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 11:15 am
Here are a few odds and ends that may interest Grits readers:Adios, Jerry y Suerte, PeteThere's a nice, exeunt profile of Jerry Madden in the Plano Star-Courier after the House Corrections Chairman announced his retirement from the Legislature. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 5:02 pm
House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden and House Criminal Jurisprudence Chairman Pete Gallego have both announced they won't run for reelection next year, reports the Austin Statesman. [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm
While I agree some of Lykos' critics don't have the purest of motives, so long as she won't acknowledge the problem with flawed forensics in the BAT vans, unfortunately she plays right into her critics hands.Jerry Madden's primary opponentsHouse Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, who has authored numerous nationally recognized criminal-justice reform packages, faces two serious challengers in his GOP primary. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 6:13 am
Said Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, "It's a very expensive thing to build new prisons and, if you build 'em, I guarantee you they will come. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:16 pm
"Readers of Grits, of course, knew months ago that the Lege hadn't appropriated enough money to cover prison health costs, and indeed:House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said he was not surprised by UTMB's decision. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 4:56 am
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, who sponsored the legislation last spring.Federal officials noted that some countries, including Cuba and Vietnam, will not take back their citizens. [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 7:34 am
One notices that confidence wasn't attributed to anybody willing to put their name on such a ridiculous statement.At the end of the story, House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden said, "While we think there are efficiencies that may be realized in the current system, we don't think they should reduce services below what is required. ... [read post]
14 Aug 2011, 3:41 pm
Prison cotton fields and livestock sheds now sit alongside for-sale signs along Texas 99 that bisects the former prison farms.Officials note that Texas is perhaps the only state in the country now with hundreds of empty prison bunks and the possibility of having even more in the future, if trends hold.Even so, House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said that the future of nearby prisons is secure for now. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 6:20 am
"From where Texas was just a few short years ago, this is huge," said House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, a Richardson Republican and an architect of the changes. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:27 pm
Jerry Madden, a conservative and an engineer by training. [read post]
Texas Legislature issues resolution commending Texas Supreme Court for its access to justice efforts
28 Jun 2011, 5:35 am
Jerry Madden (Plano), Rep. [read post]
