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7 May 2011, 1:46 pm
In a time of scarce resources, that tactic would get a lot more crime-fighting bang for the buck compared to keeping a few extra old men in TDCJ long after they pose a risk. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 2:41 am
TYC's simply not doing much for them.The Legislative Budget Board should resolve that unless TDCJ can staff its current prisons, it will reject three proposed new ones, which LBB must certify as necessary before approved debt can be issued.Everyone at the Texas Youth Commission should resolve to take a deep breath, wish one another Happy New Year, and give the new conservator a little room to breathe while he gets his sea legs under him. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:20 am
" TDCJ phone revenue less than expected Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune has a piece up revealing that TDCJ's new phone system is bringing in less revenue than expected, but this seems like a non-story to me. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 9:42 am
"So to summarize: The Governor brought in Ed Owens from TDCJ - a man for whom the state had previously paid a civil settlement over allegations he covered up sexual misconduct by a subordinate - who proceeded to slash the number of abuse investigators by 2/3 at a time when the volume of complaints was higher than ever. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am
The bill allows (but does not require) probation departments to create "Commitment Reduction Plans" which sets a concrete target amount by which the county will reduce the number of people sent to TDCJ compared to the previous fiscal year. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 2:15 pm
That means the problem likely is quite widespread, adding to the growing body of evidence of widespread guard corruption at TDCJ. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 7:37 am
TDCJ medical unit ready in 2012, but staffing cutThe veterans hospital in Marlin that's being transformed into a TDCJ medical facility won't open until 2012, so as part of its recent budget cuts, the agency lopped off $10 million for budgeted first-year operating costs that won't be needed until after the facility opens. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 11:12 pm
"The more important function of good time in Texas, Habern opined, is as a sanction that TDCJ can take away from inmates as punishment. [read post]
24 May 2007, 11:00 am
HB 199 by Representatives Madden (R-Plano), Noriega (D-Houston), and Leibowitz (D-Helotes), and carried by Senator Whitmire (D-Houston) in the Senate - which creates a residential infant care program for mothers confined in TDCJ facilities - passed the Senate on Tuesday, May 22, 2007, and was signed in the House today! [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 7:54 am
The Huntsville Item reports, "TDCJ offender gets death penalty. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 8:30 am
"The fiscal note on the bill says savings cannot be calculated because TDCJ would have to implement extra, unspecified new security measures if it reduce the ad seg population. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 4:46 am
Data on TDCJ unit age and costAs 2011 budget crisis looms, should most expensive prison units be closed? [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 7:34 am
"The latest budget cuts coincide with another important change in how prison healthcare is structured, with TDCJ bureaucrats calling the shots now instead of the old Correctional Managed Health Care Committee. [read post]
9 May 2012, 5:59 am
He left to make way for Ed Owens' disastrous conservatorship, which sought to turn TYC into a mini-adult prison system, bringing in fumbling leadership from TDCJ as well as an adult security mentality heavily reliant on pepper spray and solitary confinement. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 4:53 am
TDCJ is set up to electronically record non-attorney visitations with death row inmates. [read post]
1 Jan 2011, 7:44 am
Instead TDCJ wants to cut prison staff and diversion programming that the LBB says is responsible for curbing prison growth. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 4:23 am
Texas already releases 72,000 people per year, so most folks in TDCJ are going to get out. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 1:52 am
" TDCJ had to take the facility over in response in 1999 and now runs it themselves.Marc says private prisons cost less but are required to produce "exactly the same product as TDCJ facilities. [read post]
4 May 2022, 3:14 pm
The Texas Civil Rights Project calls the TDCJ excessive use of solitary confinement “torture by another name. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 6:38 am
Shapiro's comments, to my knowledge, TDCJ can't actually provide recidivism rates for participants in Windham programs. [read post]
