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29 Sep 2011, 3:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In addition, TDCJ does not adequately back up its system, so if "an unprotected database file was deleted, TDCJ could risk losing criminal data and disrupting the availability of the Corrections Tracking System." [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 3:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In addition, TDCJ does not adequately back up its system, so if "an unprotected database file was deleted, TDCJ could risk losing criminal data and disrupting the availability of the Corrections Tracking System. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 11:47 pm by Jeff Gamso
"I have yielded to TDCJ judgment in the past, but now enough is enough. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 3:43 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
" See a more detailed account of the federal suit from the Courthouse News Service.Grotesque consequences from alleged medical neglect in Galveston jailThe Southeast Texas Record has the story of a lawsuit from a paralyzed inmate who suffered a staph infection in the Galveston County Jail, which went untreated until the inmate was transferred to TDCJ. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The bill allows (but does not require) probation departments to create "Commitment Reduction Plans" which sets a concrete target amount by which the county will reduce the number of people sent to TDCJ compared to the previous fiscal year. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The bill allows (but does not require) probation departments to create "Commitment Reduction Plans" which sets a concrete target amount by which the county will reduce the number of people sent to TDCJ compared to the previous fiscal year. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 9:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It wasn't that long ago that TDCJ faced staffing shortages so severe that administrators had to shut down whole prison wings because of too few guards to oversee them. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 8:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The SA Express News over the weekend reported on the case of Randall Church, who says he committed arson soon after being released from TDCJ because he couldn't handle life in the free world and wanted to go back to prison. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 3:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Wrote Habern, the parole board is:sending notice to such offenders informing them they have been approved by the parole board for parole subject to their agreeing to enter sex offender treatment while in TDCJ and thus waiving their Coleman rights to due process. [read post]
24 Sep 2011, 8:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In 2003, Texas changed the law to mandate such offenders receive probation on the first offense instead of incarcerating them in TDCJ state jails. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 7:45 am by Steve Hall
"TDCJ Will End Final Feasts Before Executions," by Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 8:00 am by Steve Hall
TDCJ notes that three additional Texas executions are scheduled for 2011. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 8:08 am by Steve Hall
TDCJ notes that three additional executions are scheduled for 2011. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 7:48 am by Ashley Hileman
[JURIST] US Supreme Court [official website] Justice Antonin Scalia on Tuesday ordered a stay of execution [text, PDF] for Cleve Foster [TDCJ profile; case materials], a former Army recruiter and convicted murderer. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 8:02 am by Steve Hall
In addition to the two executions scheduled this week, TDCJ notes that three additional executions are scheduled for 2011. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 7:10 pm by Steve Hall
   According to TDCJ, six additional executions are scheduled in Texas this year. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 4:16 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Background checks before his hiring revealed no prior criminal history, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.I'd read about these crimes and remember the alleged rapist being caught, but I hadn't realized until this story that the fellow was a TDCJ employee, much less that he'd previously worked at TYC before the scandals there broke in 2007. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 8:17 am by Steve Hall
   According to TDCJ, six additional executions are scheduled in Texas this year. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 5:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And a plant that manufactures stainless-steel fixtures at the Boyd Unit in Teague has been closed and consolidated with a metal plant at the Luther Unit outside Navasota.Meanwhile, the Huntsville Item has a story on recent budget cuts at TDCJ's Windham School District which informs us that:As of Thursday, Windham had to eliminate 271 full-time employees, including 157 teachers in addition to adminstrative and support staff. [read post]
28 Aug 2011, 3:28 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Relatedly, I wonder if the same deference would be granted when some Muslim sheikhs from Saudi Arabia or Pakistan show up and want to start a madrasah in TDCJ at no "cost to the taxpayer. [read post]