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16 Apr 2010, 5:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Increasingly I find TDCJ's call for exclusion from budget cuts ill-conceived, and even more so their suggestion that, if necessary, cuts should come from probation and diversion programs instead of prisons. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 10:05 pm
We're talking about a relatively small number of folks - an average of 700 or so people per year; that's a small price to pay for TDCJ to avoid becoming the source of some terrible, new medical scourge.Once TDCJ has started an HIV+ prisoner on antiretroviral medications, making sure they're signed up to get their meds on the outside seems like as important a public safety function as locking prisoners up in the first place. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 5:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(It might be an even more appropriate suggestion for TDCJ, where many families face long drives for visitation.) [read post]
16 May 2008, 10:23 pm
Now, TDCJ says Collins' removal was part of an ongoing effort to do just that.TDCJ has not named a new warden, but a spokesperson says one officer has been re-assigned. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 9:03 am by Steve Hall
The TDCJ has eight executions scheduled over the next three months. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But clearly from this notice, TDCJ and legislators must look elsewhere in the near term to reduce costs. [read post]
1 Nov 2007, 1:53 am
UPDATE: In the comments, Shannon Edmonds from the DAs Association says he thinks TDCJ could change the cocktail themselves unless SCOTUS bans lethal injection entirely. [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 3:33 am
"HB 429 by Madden would require "the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to conduct an inmate healthcare study to determine the amount of savings that would result to the state in healthcare services costs, if the TDCJ were to release the inmates to community parole supervision. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 6:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Indeed, judging by the Chronicle's reporting, the number of TDCJ prisoners in ad-seg is presently higher than ever. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 6:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I'm no computer whiz, but it seems likely a program could be written to track certain keywords, gang references, intra-TDCJ friend requests and other banned content. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 8:04 am by Steve Hall
Levin disagrees, saying the TDCJ unnecessarily withheld its plans for the new drug from death-row inmates for months. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jarvis Johnson to create an independent ombudsman for TDCJ comparable to the one aimed at juvenile facilities which was created after the 2007 sex-assault scandals. [read post]
30 Jan 2016, 9:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And with legislators seriously discussing possible reductions in sentences for low-level drug possession, the possibility arises that Texas could close even more prison units in 2017, particularly so-called "state jails" (which in essence house people convicted of fourth-degree felonies, known in Texas penal-code parlance as "state jail felonies").To begin thinking about this question, Grits asked TDCJ's Jason Clark for a list of private prison contracts up next… [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 4:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" TDCJ spokesflak Jason Clark understatedly told the paper, “It’s certainly a unique situation where you have differing causes of death between two medical examiners. [read post]
11 May 2013, 6:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The story doesn't mention the Jones County facility but if they're closing two units TDCJ likely won't be buying another one. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 2:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
" This kid would still be alive if the Dallas PD policy were followed - a great example why state troopers shouldn't be tasked to perform urban policing.5th Circuit: Qualified immunity prevents valid prison-conditions suitQualified immunity prevented a TDCJ prison-conditions lawsuit from going forward in the 5th Circuit, reported Andrew Cohen via the Brennan Center. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 4:42 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Executions are slowing, but not by as much as last year's numbers would indicate.What a screwupNever convicted, he still spent 35 years locked up in TDCJ: Jerry Hartfield was released this week.Documenting Texas forensic reformsNicole Casarez and Sandra Guerra Thompson have a new academic paper out posted on SSRN last month discussing Texas forensic reforms. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 6:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Thanks to TDCJ and the park system, Walker County has a remarkable amount of its surface area apportioned toward tax-exempt uses. [read post]