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21 Jun 2014, 10:49 am
While I don't believe the kid's at significant risk of spending 99 years in TDCJ for the offense or anything like it, it's true the penalties are out of whack. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 9:11 am
Lance Lowry, president of the union representing TDCJ prison guards, issued a press release today suggesting that Gov. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 7:27 am
Texas' numbers of prisoners in solitary, dubbed "ad seg" in TDCJ parlance, has declined by more than half, according to official figures. [read post]
12 May 2018, 7:07 am
"'My life as an execution witness'The Houston Chronicle has an interview with former TDCJ spokesperson Michelle Lyons about her new book chronicling her experience witnessing more than 200 executions over the course of her career.Meditating on misdemeanorsEdward Spillane, a municipal court judge in College Station, has an interesting article in the University of Chicago magazine titled, "The Meditative Judge," in which he discusses issues of "mindfulness"… [read post]
20 Jan 2013, 8:15 am
OTOH, Huntsville ISD has found its property tax revenue choked off because of vast tax-exempt TDCJ holdings in Walker County. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 1:22 am
Read Grits' Open Letter to the Governor explaining why those who support capital punishment should support commuting Foster's sentence.And don't forget, if you have information you want to share with New York Times reporter Solomon Moore about understaffing issues at TYC or TDCJ, its causes and consequences, email him at smoore[at]nytimes.com. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 6:27 am
He was able to question medical staff about the details of their operations in a fashion I doubt any of the other members can replicate.With TDCJ health costs rising and medical officials telling the Lege they were already "close" to providing unconstitutionally poor care before a hurricane tore up UTMB Galveston's medical facilities, Deuell's expertise will be missed. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm
TDCJ notes that six additional executions are already scheduled for 2012, including one on February 1.. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 8:04 am
According to TDCJ, four more executions are scheduled in Texas during 2011; including one next week. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 3:42 pm
"State changing treatment contractors Meanwhile, TDCJ is changing contractors for drug treatment services at at least four state facilities from Community Education Centers to an entity called Gateway Foundation Inc., reported the Corpus Christi Caller Times. [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 1:26 am
According to TDCJ, 12 additional executions are already scheduled in Texas through October; more are likely to be ordered. [read post]
3 May 2011, 7:50 am
According to TDCJ, seven additional executions are scheduled in Texas during 2011. [read post]
31 Jan 2007, 6:27 am
Owens whether she thinks its a conflict of interest that her husband Ed is deputy director of TDCJ, and whether she thinks any of the Sunset recommendations to reduce conflicts of interest on the parole board were because of that relationship? [read post]
13 Sep 2009, 11:58 pm
And Carol Vance was no softie as Harris DA (he also did a stint at TDCJ board charirman). [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 6:24 pm
As Texas heads into the 81st legislative session, TDCJ officials have requested an eye-popping 20% pay hike for prison employees to stem its chronic understaffing problems.In that context, I was interested to see PacoVilla's Corrections Blog recently lamenting possible pay cuts for California prison guards because of that state's budget crisis (coupled with looming federal court judgments). [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 9:08 am
Dewhurst's odd assumptions.Heading into that hearing, I wanted to recap Grits' recent analyses of interim reports from these two committees and the Sunset Advisory Commission on the major criminal justice issues facing the 80th Texas Legislature:TDCJ Sunset Advisory Commission ReportEvaluating Texas Corrections: Links to TDCJ Sunset Commission coverageSenate Criminal Justice CommitteeUnderstaffing at youth lockups caused skyrocketing abuse ratesNumber of mentally ill inmates,… [read post]
11 Mar 2010, 5:16 am
"Of course, about 2/3 of offenders in TDCJ also qualify for parole when you add up good time, work time, and flat time, so they should be released too, by that line of reasoning. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 7:22 am
Inmates who die in TDCJ custody are buried there if no one claims the body, though "many family members fail to claim the bodies because they cannot afford burial expenses and want the prison agency to pay the costs instead. [read post]
31 May 2012, 1:14 pm
Remarkably, he's been serving time for his prior offenses in South Carolina because of the risk of retaliation in TDCJ. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 7:47 am
If a pedestrian is hit in the street, and the driver just keeps going, they could spend time in the TDCJ prison system. [read post]
