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7 Jun 2018, 9:03 am
To introduce it to our supporters, we let folks download/listen to it on the thank-you page they see after they sign a petition asking TDCJ to include prison closures in its budget request for the coming session.Go here to sign the petition and give it a listen: It's essentially a simple, blues-based train song, of all things, but I think it's pretty fun. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 1:36 pm
Hear audio from a disgruntled federal judge scolding the Travis County DA's office for their handling of this increasingly high-profile case.Trent Taylor (19:02): The Fifth Circuit won't hold TDCJ responsible for what they deemed deliberate indifference that put Mr. [read post]
3 May 2013, 10:51 am
(There are also a number of prefiled amendments aimed at the TDCJ Sunset bill which will be heard that day.) [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 10:35 am
Does this argue for placing one or more of these units on a possible closure list, or was flooding a one-off, as TDCJ officials are telling the press? [read post]
7 Apr 2013, 1:32 pm
My favorite part:not later than 30 days before a trial is scheduled to commence for an offense other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only, the court shall require the attorney representing the state to affirm in open court that the attorney has:(1) been diligent in identifying any exculpatory or impeachment evidence that is material to the defendant's guilt or punishment and in the possession of or otherwise known to any peace officer, investigator, or other individual involved in the… [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:56 am
The bill was voted out on a 6-2 vote with the disparate treatment intact.TDCJ chief exec interviewedSee an interview with new TDCJ chief mugwump Brian Collier from the Huntsville Item.Raise the Age! [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 8:40 am
Folks can disagree in good faith here.In favor of in-person visitationCheck out a cool interview with our pal Jorge Renaud in a publication called The Establishment on the grassroots pushback against elimination of in-person visitation at prisons and jails.Offender Orientation manualA new version of the TDCJ Offender Orientation manual came out in April.Williamson County DAs keep embarrassing local voters Between John Bradley and now Jana Duty, who was disciplined by the state bar for… [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 7:19 am
Though the article didn't mention Grits, a Wall Street Journal report today ("Extreme heat tests prisons") credited a meme first articulated on this blog - that TDCJ is constructing climate-controlled facilities for its hogs while most prison units are left to bake in the summer sun - with the unprecedented decision of the state's leading prison-guard union to support an inmate lawsuit over excessive heat and oppressive working/living conditions.Union officials said corrections officers… [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 6:47 am
Indirectly, as was done in 2007, the state can provide mostly financial incentives to counties to supervise more offenders on probation instead of sentencing them to TDCJ. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 12:00 pm
If they're true, it makes you wonder about a) the effectiveness of TDCJ contract monitoring with private prisons and b) whether Corrections Corporation of America's recently announced commitment to preventing recidivism and reentry programs could possibly jibe with the organization's historic institutional culture.In the meantime, add the Bartlett State Jail to the list of facilities the Legislature might consider shuttering if they decide to close more prisons. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 4:29 am
Still, judging from commentary from the bench during oral arguments at the Fifth Circuit in the Texas case, if I were TDCJ Chief Mugwump Brad Livingston, I think I'd be pricing air conditioners and the cost of installing and using them at dozens of Texas prison units, if not all of them. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 12:26 pm
The bill expands a program through which exonerees could purchase the same health insurance as TDCJ employees, but which has been underutilized because their spouses and dependents weren't also eligible.Only nine exonerees have enrolled in the program, Chairman John Smithee said when he laid out the bill on behalf of Rep. [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 7:09 am
It's the inexplicable backstory to Perry's decision that keeps nagging at me.See related Grits posts: PREA deadline passes: Perry tells Holder Texas won't comply More on Texas' PREA compliance Potential civil liability for failing to comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act Radio news questions Perry PREA stance in light of consultant's report Consultant: TDCJ 'receptive' to prison rape recommendations, 'confident' proposed solutions were… [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 5:54 am
Here in Texas, TDCJ considered but rejected similar plans back in the 1980s. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 11:39 am
Dallas-based Securus Technologies, notably, is the company providing phone service to TDCJ. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 7:53 am
But IMO the debate has been misframed as an "unfunded mandate" from the state to counties in a way that ignores much more significant unfunded mandates in the other direction.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]
1 May 2018, 10:08 am
Caseloads also began to rise slightly after 2014.Bexar, El Paso, and Collin Counties saw big one-year spikes in their numbers of probationers revoked to TDCJ from FYs 2016 to 2017: Increases were 20.1%, 29.7%, and 28.2%, respectively.Overall, about a quarter of probationers with the shortest probation sentences (up to two years) were revoked last year: "Revocations accounted for 38.9% of those offenders terminating community supervision with a probation length of up to two years and… [read post]
23 May 2015, 4:49 am
The Justice Department’s list of certifications and assurances is not complete.See related Grits posts: Recalling Texan origins of the Prison Rape Elimination Act Will PREA spur Texas to raise the age of criminal culpability Few states following Texas to defy prison rape regs PREA deadline passes: Perry tells Holder Texas won't comply More on Texas' PREA compliance Potential civil liability for failing to comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act Radio news questions Perry PREA stance… [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 6:13 am
If DPS isn't going to staff the extras in the capitol, maybe they should send them to TDCJ! [read post]
24 Apr 2016, 9:58 am
" That study found that, “With increasing distance from TDCJ prison units, the HIV infection rate of the general public decreases. [read post]
