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7 Apr 2010, 8:53 am
According to the TDCJ spokeswoman, the extra money has been worth it, with 6,000 new treatment slots being created with the money, including a 500 bed DWI treatment ward in East Texas. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:09 am
In the Dallas News, Christy Hoppe has a story voicing concern that next year's budget cuts at TDCJ could wipe out already sparse treatment funding for DWI offenders, reacting to a terrible case where a repeat drunk driver plowed drunkenly into a family from Lewisville, killing a mother and daughter ("Prison budget cuts threaten treatment programs for repeat DWI offenders," April 7):Most drunken drivers like John Patrick Barton mark time in the Texas prison system without… [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:53 am
According to the TDCJ spokeswoman, the extra money has been worth it, with 6,000 new treatment slots being created with the money, including a 500 bed DWI treatment ward in East Texas. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:16 am
Having recently discussed the Texas parole board's failure to act on 90% of medical releases recommended by TDCJ, I was interested to see via Doc Berman that the Vera Institute just published a new study titled, "Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release" (pdf), which includes a discussion of Texas' program.According to the Vera Institute, "In the years following its creation [in 1991], few elderly inmates were released. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 10:30 am
Texas inmates collectively spend more than $100 million per year at TDCJ commissaries. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 6:47 am
To the credit of Director Brad Livingston, he did emphatically point out the likely negative impact of the proposed cuts if actually made in the TDCJ budget. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 4:29 am
Data on TDCJ unit age and costAs 2011 budget crisis looms, should most expensive prison units be closed? [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 10:57 am
Related posts are in the TDCJ index. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:40 am
Three out of four inmates entering TDCJ on drug charges (75.5%) were sentenced for possession only. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 9:23 am
By contrast, at TDCJ prison units guards caught smuggling contraband are put on probation or fired but not prosecuted. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 7:09 am
To date, Virginia has carried out 106 executions; Oklahoma, 92.According to TDCJ, eight additional executions are scheduled in Texas during 2010, including two in April. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 8:20 am
To date, Virginia has carried out 106 executions; Oklahoma, 92.According to TDCJ, eight additional executions are scheduled in Texas during 2010. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 7:28 am
", goes limp, or taps out, the fight is overThe Odessa American has more detail on the fight orchestrated by TDCJ supervisors between a prisoner and guard at the Lynaugh unit southwest of Fort Stockton: "'offender Clark struck officer Acosta once in the mouth, knocking him to the ground,' the report said. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 4:59 am
I'm guessing the 100-170 number is how many TDCJ recommends, but the board turns down 90% of them.MORE: From California Corrections Crisis. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 12:06 pm
In addition to Owens, Pamela Baggett is Senior Warden at the Holliday Unit, and David Standlee and Riley Tilley are current and former TDCJ employees, respectively.RELATED(?) [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 5:32 am
" This case dragged out, in particular, because TDCJ refused admission to court-ordered drug treatment (SAFP) based on the probationer's psychotic state - the program simply has very few beds designed to handle offenders with serious mental health needs. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 4:24 am
TDCJ leaders claim the agencies [staffing] situation is now brighter. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 4:54 am
But since 80% of TDCJ's budget goes to prisons, there's also just a lot more room there to cut. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:50 pm
The risk-reward ratio of keeping these prisoners at TDCJ units is seriously screwed up. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:50 pm
The risk-reward ratio of keeping these prisoners at TDCJ units is seriously screwed up. [read post]
