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3 Nov 2008, 5:01 pm
I've not seen a recent update on results from the TDCJ statewide prison lockdown searching for cell phones and other contraband since this report from AP nearly a week ago declaring:Illegal cellphones were the target in a shakedown of the huge Texas prison system, but the first full week of the inch-by-inch inspections has yielded an assortment of contraband, prison officials said Monday. [read post]
3 Jul 2016, 5:35 am
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and prisoner costs were not among those exceptions.In the last legislative session, TDCJ's budget "increased by $458.4 million for the 2016–17 biennium," or about 7.4 percent, to pay for employee raises and prisoner healthcare.By contrast, a 4 percent cut in General Revenue funds would exceed a quarter of a billion dollars! [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 5:18 am
The Texas Legislature last year passed a statute requiring TDCJ to stop sending all prisoners back to Huntsville for release, but instead to release them either from the unit where they're housed or "regional release facilities. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 1:55 pm
TDCJ has had a bad stretch of luck lately regarding alleged employee corruption, most recently not in the prison system but among parole staff, the SA Express News reported last week (11-20):A former employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice was arrested in San Antonio this week on charges of embezzling more than $100,000 while she worked for the parole division.A Travis County grand jury on Nov. 13 indicted Frances Jones Lawrence on a charge of theft by a public servant greater… [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 7:52 am
Some crafty legislator looking to snap up funds for reentry, treatment or diversion programming at TDCJ might consider dedicating that small-but-significant pot of money. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 7:59 am
That's plenty for TDCJ to shutter at least one or two units. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 6:55 am
A consultant referred to TDCJ by the PREA Resource Center absurdly suggested that TDCJ solve this problem by removing security cameras and obstructing line of sight. [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 11:34 am
In the midst of his outstanding liveblogging of the floor debate on HB 1, the Texas House Appropriations bill, Vince reports:TYC and TDCJ guards will get raises of about 4 percent in addition to a 2.5 percent raise for all state employees. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 2:05 am
Nearly a decade into the 21st century, Texas prisons will finally enter the 20th and install phones soon in all TDCJ units, thanks to legislation approved by the 80th Texas Legislature.Nearly 80% of Texas prison inmates will qualify for phone privileges under new rules promulgated yesterday by TDCJ, AP reports ("Texas prisoners on verge of getting regular phone privileges," Jan. 24):The Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Wednesday approved rules governing use of… [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]
1 Mar 2011, 6:05 am
Regular readers know TDCJ recently released its finally approved cuts to be implemented the current fiscal year (i.e., immediately, in the current budget cycle; see this pdf summary). [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 7:04 am
My only question about this latest move by TDCJ: "What will you cut in the budget to pay for drug testing employees? [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 9:49 am
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee met in Austin yesterday to examine the case of Larry Cox's death in a TDCJ prison. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 4:15 am
Instead, those documents were shredded as part of a policy change inside TDCJ. [read post]
11 May 2012, 9:57 am
[TDCJ Deputy Executive Director Bryan] Collier. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 6:25 am
Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas on August 23, 2011 released the following: "Former TDCJ Guard Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin HOUSTON - A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Institution Division guard has been conviced of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 6:25 am
Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas on August 23, 2011 released the following: "Former TDCJ Guard Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin HOUSTON - A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Institution Division guard has been conviced of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. [read post]
8 Nov 2020, 10:29 am
TDCJ doesn't really save money until it actually closes units. [read post]
18 Apr 2013, 3:28 pm
Her bio on the TDCJ board page does not list the affiliation, focusing on a more recent, concurrent post as President and CEO of something called The Crescent Group, Inc., about which not much information is available online. [read post]
23 Jun 2012, 10:38 am
Overall, last year TDCJ was 22.4% below the number of correctional officers budgeted. [read post]
