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7 Jul 2011, 3:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's a notable excerpt:Just don’t say they’ve gone soft. [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“I don’t think we’ll need the additional beds, but it’s a precaution,” said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston.Both Madden and Whitmire said funding for Texas’ prison treatment and rehabilitation programs have been funded at acceptable levels, meaning that additional convicts would be successfully diverted from state lockups onto parole and into community-based rehab programs that are much less… [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 6:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" Whitmire's bill keeps the crime on the books, but requires the court to assess parents' intent. [read post]
16 Apr 2011, 11:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It reminds me of the TV commercial where a drab character representing AT&T tries to justify higher rates for slower service: "It makes sense if you don't think about it. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 2:02 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
" Chairman Whitmire says some departments are "writing a lot of tickets to justify their existence. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 4:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Whitmire called keeping the Central Unit open "a concession from me to Ogden. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 5:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
These type of nickel and dime proposals not only don't get close to the level of cuts needed, they set the agency up to fail in the long run by increasing recidivism and future incarceration costs. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 4:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire, who chairs the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, has suggested eliminating or radically scaling back the amount of ticketing at schools, and if they're not going to be writing tickets, perhaps school police aren't really needed at all? [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 7:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
However, there’s also no strong reason to believe that they don’t work. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 6:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
State officials have to be very careful that the immediate savings of these budget cuts don't end up costing Texans far more in the long run.That's a great point. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 9:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I don't see how it's much different, or more defensible, than what the drug task forces were doing. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 6:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rodney Ellis is carrying the first two on the senate side, while Senate Criminal Justice Chairman John Whitmire has filed a companion bill to HB 220. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 12:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"We don't have the resources to continue business as usual in Texas," said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston , whose committee oversees prison operations. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 8:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire recently mentioned that about 300 women were locked up in TDCJ for prostitution, citing them among potential candidates for reducing inmate numbers. [read post]