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3 Sep 2015, 6:35 am
He ran TDCJ's institutional division overseeing all Texas prison units and she chaired the parole board which decided how full those prisons would stay. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 10:50 am
Moreover, TJJD has the tools it needs to respond to the most serious forms of youth violence, through criminal prosecution of TJJD youth and transfer of determinate sentence youth to TDCJ (the adult prison system), and these tools are routinely employed.The report contains a very detailed chapter describing nationally recognized best practices in youth behavior management. [read post]
14 Jan 2015, 5:39 am
In 1995, upward pressure on the jail population came more from detaining convicted felons awaiting transfer to TDCJ than felons awaiting trial; by 2015 that dynamic had flipped. [read post]
13 Dec 2018, 8:47 am
And I'm proud of TDCJ, too, for doing the right thing here.Rubber stamping prosecutor findings upholding bad forensicsVisiting Judge Doug Shaver ignored evidence of flawed forensics in the Joe Bryan murder case to recommend against habeas corpus relief, despite blood-spatter evidence connecting Bryan to the crime being thoroughly debunked and discredited during the hearing. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 3:47 pm
Two local rulings with (blurry) statewide implicationsWhen thinking about the 5th Circuit's ruling in the Harris County bail litigation and the settlement in the TDCJ heat litigation, it strikes me there's a notable similarity. [read post]
19 May 2013, 7:20 am
Among Texas state agencies, the Department of Public Safety, the Attorney General, TABC, TDCJ, TCEQ, the Department of Insurance and UT-System police departments (individually and collectively) all subscribe to the service.All the big city police departments in Texas subscribe to the service - Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso - as well as the corresponding sheriffs and district attorneys offices in those counties. [read post]
23 Aug 2017, 6:02 am
Based on various studies by academics and practitioners, Grits has estimated in the past that perhaps 1.5 to 2.5 percent of TDCJ inmates at any given time are actually innocent people falsely convicted. [read post]
30 Mar 2014, 5:00 pm
Here are a few items that deserve Grits readers' attention but haven't made it into their own individual posts:TDCJ staff breaking badA couple of items from The Back Gate website detail disciplinary problems at TDCJ units:7 Officers Arrested at Gib Lewis Unit After Alleged Sexual AssaultInvestigation Pending After 63 Year Old Montford Unit Inmate Dies Following Force by StaffBusted at EasthamFilm this: Fort Worth PD adds body camsFort Worth PD has decided to buy 400 additional body cameras… [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 12:16 pm
IPOT sent questionnaires to more than a thousand prisoners in TDCJ convicted of arson, getting responses back from about a quarter of them. [read post]
20 May 2013, 8:34 am
The guards are alleged to have help inmates commit crimes from behind bars at TDCJ's McConnell prison in Beeville, including bringing in drugs and cell phones to coordinate crimes outside the walls. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:08 am
TDCJ's board will decide on Friday whether to allow a handbook for filing inmate grievances produced in comic book format may be placed in Texas prison libraries. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 10:00 am
TDCJ, 2012 U.S. [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 10:57 pm
You can't fix problems you won't admit, so maybe this new revelation (known previously to everyone but the TDCJ transplants running the Youth Commission) will lead to new policies down the line that remedy the underlying problems instead of just the cosmetic ones.That's a grim silver lining (that and the fact that TYC employees will get their overtime checks in time for Christmas). [read post]
9 Mar 2007, 10:51 am
(They need to look at the same problems at TDCJ, while they're at it.) [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 1:15 am
Trustees routinely perform functions previously reserved for TDCJ employees. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 5:32 am
" This case dragged out, in particular, because TDCJ refused admission to court-ordered drug treatment (SAFP) based on the probationer's psychotic state - the program simply has very few beds designed to handle offenders with serious mental health needs. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 1:15 pm
External oversight will help TDCJ avoid scandals, improve rehabilitation, and serve as a good example to the people in custody. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 4:22 am
That reality makes the prospect seem unlikely.It was already an open question whether the levels of funding in the state budget are adequate to provide constitutional levels of healthcare at TDCJ. [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 4:41 am
(At TDCJ, for certain offenses victims can choose to engage in mediated discussions with offenders in a restorative-justice inspired program. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 4:28 am
A Huntsville jury gave the death penalty yesterday to the TDCJ inmate who killed prison guard Susan Canfield in a 2007 escape attempt. [read post]
