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26 Feb 2009, 11:15 pm
Additionally, the agency is seeking funding to construct three (3) 80-bed officer dormitories, which could be constructed adjacent to three (3) of our most understaffed units.Meanwhile, TDCJ says the understaffing problem would be even worse without bonuses paid to new hires wiling to work in understaffed units:Through October 2008, 1,322 recruitment bonus checks had been mailed to new or returning correctional officers who had taken the incentive TDCJ is offering as a way to boost… [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 8:59 am
HIV/AIDS is the number one killer of Texas prison inmates, and TDCJ spends about half its pharmacy budget on HIV medications, but many ex-prisoners don't keep taking the drugs once they get out, according to a new study from UTMB. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 9:06 pm
I was invited to speak to their organizational meeting on behalf of the Innocence Project of Texas; watch the video to grade my performance.The House Public Safety Committee had a brief organizational meeting Monday; see the video here.And finally, the Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice was busier than any of them, meeting three times this week revieiwing budgets for various agencies - they did TDCJ, TYC and TJPC on Tuesday (here's the video from that meeting and an… [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 3:56 am
The Court rejected a motion for rehearing on In re Matt Johnson the mandamus case where the trial court ordered TDCJ to take funds out the defendant's trust account to pay court costs). [read post]
22 Feb 2009, 5:33 am
" That more or less jibes with Texas' experience (see pp. 36-37 of TDCJ's annual statistical report for data on time served). [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 9:47 pm
According to testimony last year to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, TDCJ recommends about 70 or more inmates per month for medical-based parole, but the parole board on average releases just 10% of them. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 1:45 am
" If nothing else, the new details explain why smuggling cell phones into Texas prisons continues almost unabated four months after [Richard] Tabler's arrest triggered an unprecedented lockdown of the 154,800-inmate system, a new zero-tolerance policy on all contraband and an emergency request by prison officials for $66 million to upgrade security to curb the problem.TDCJ had earlier announced it had caught dozens of guards smuggling cell phones onto prison units, so this news… [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 7:02 pm
It was the third time this year that two states have executed on the same day.According to TDCJ, six more executions are scheduled in Texas during March and April. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 6:44 am
According to TDCJ, six more executions are scheduled in Texas during March and April. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 7:30 am
TDCJ maintains this list of executions ordered in Texas. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 1:01 pm
TDCJ maintains this list of executions ordered in Texas. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 5:39 pm
Tennessee carried out an execution this morning, as noted in this earlier post.According to TDCJ, an additional eight execution dates are set in February, March, and April. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 12:00 pm
The CCA awarded Rowe credit on his prison sentence for the time Rowe spent serving probation on another charge because TDCJ had erroneously failed to pick him up to get him to start serving his prison sentence. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 11:50 am
Despite the fact that TDCJ knew where Rowe was, TDCJ did nothing to collect him. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 8:41 am
"According to TDCJ, an additional eight execution dates are set in February, March, and April. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 2:59 am
The Department of Criminal Justice has estimated the short-term cost of adding cameras, metal detectors, and other security improvements at $66 million.Proposed increases in prison guard pay and other TDCJ "exceptional items" totaling $1.2 billion will have to go through the regular appropriations process.MORE: From the Austin Statesman.AND MORE: In other budget news, according to Lt. [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]
30 Jan 2009, 5:53 am
"Ricardo Ortiz became the first man convicted in an El Paso court to be executed by the state of Texas in 22 years on Thursday.He was sentenced to death in the 1997 murder of Gerardo Garcia, a fellow inmate at the El Paso County Jail.According to TDCJ, an additional eight execution dates are already set in February, March, and April. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 7:32 am
According to TDCJ, an additional eight execution dates are already set in February, March, and April. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 8:27 am
According to TDCJ, an additional eight execution dates are already set in February, March, and April. [read post]
