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28 Feb 2013, 6:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jerry Madden, who before this session chaired the House Corrections Committee, argued for saving money by limiting detention of asylum seekers and low-risk immigration detainees, urging the feds to adopt lessons on saving money spent on incarceration that drove Texas' 2007 probation reforms. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 5:47 am
As House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden told the Statesman's Mike Ward, "It could be that programs could not be brought on line fast enough, or the programs were limited for some reason," he said. [read post]
11 Feb 2007, 4:00 am
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, chairman of the House Committee on Corrections, have joined forces to oppose this request. [read post]
14 Aug 2011, 3:41 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Prison cotton fields and livestock sheds now sit alongside for-sale signs along Texas 99 that bisects the former prison farms.Officials note that Texas is perhaps the only state in the country now with hundreds of empty prison bunks and the possibility of having even more in the future, if trends hold.Even so, House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said that the future of nearby prisons is secure for now. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 11:50 pm
Jerry Madden, a self-described conservative Republican, had just taken over as chairman of the Texas House committee on corrections. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 2:31 am
" Whitmire was strong-armed into agreeing to new prisons and has repeatedly said he prefers the approach he crafted with House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden, which is basically the House proposal.If those positions hold, then the Senate's final stance on new prison building comes down to whether Duncan and Zaffirini support issuing a quarter-billion dollars in bonds and committing to more than $100 million in new annual debt and operating costs. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 8:56 am
"This may be the most significant thing we do in a long time," said House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, an architect of the proposal with his counterpart in the Upper Chamber, Houston Democratic Sen. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 7:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The obvious, next steps they need to do are really hard and small-government conservatives, especially after Jerry Madden's departure from the House, have been unable to muster the political capital necessary to get the job done. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 5:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jerry Madden to pass Texas' much-vaunted de-incarceration reforms, as well as helping shepherd Texas' innocence bills through the senate side of the process. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 6:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"From where Texas was just a few short years ago, this is huge," said House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, a Richardson Republican and an architect of the changes. [read post]
24 May 2010, 10:21 am by Ted Frank
For example, the Madden series reflects not just deals for the team trademarks, but for the NFL trademarks and the NFLPA rights, which are unaffected by the ruling. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 8:57 am
And speaking of House Corrections, the inaugural program of Vince's Capitol Annex podcast last night featured an interview with Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden. [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 3:56 pm
Here's what TCJC had to say: Drug Court Expansion Legislation to be Heard on Monday Helping Adults and Youth Free themselves from Drug Addiction It is with pleasure that we inform you that H.B. 530 - a bill by… [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 12:30 pm
"We hit the perfect storm at the right time," Texas legislator Jerry Madden said at the Collins Center for Public Policy's Justice Summit this week in Tampa. [read post]
6 Dec 2006, 7:30 am
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, also thinks there are too many low-risk inmates in high- or medium-security beds. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 7:43 am
Jerry Madden on corrections subjects can be seen at this site: http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/W hitmire%20Madden%20QA.pdf Houston Chronicle [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 6:47 am
Jerry Madden, a Richardson Republican who is Whitmire's co-chairman, said that although "none of us believe everything is fixed at TYC, I think the conservatorship probably had accomplished as much as it could. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 8:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Under the measure by House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, the two agencies would be merged into a new Juvenile Justice Department that would oversee programs from probation to incarceration.Here's a link to bill text and other information.I know a lot of folks have assumed that a "merger" would mean that TYC is essentially placed under the Juvenile Probation Commission, but this bill abolishes both governing structures and creates a… [read post]