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19 May 2009, 11:34 pm
John Whitmire. [read post]
31 Jan 2007, 4:45 am
Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston, said, 'If we don't change the course now, we will be building prisons forever and ever — prisons we can't afford.' A joint meeting between House and Senate panels overseeing corrections seemed to mark a significant shift in legislative support for rehabilitation and treatment programs, perhaps the greatest in two decades. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 10:58 am
Rick Noriega is carrying HB 3294, which is a companion bill to SB 1097 by Whitmire discussed here. [read post]
17 May 2024, 3:46 pm
“We don’t really know what’s going to happen,” she said. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 7:43 am
(And I still don't quite understand how you'd look at this session and highlight those bills!) [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 4:36 am
The poorest people who get stuck in jail for lack of bail money tend to be the sickest as well, and they don’t have their medications when they’re booked into jails. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:19 am
I don't know what grants they get, but that oughtta get CLEAT and TMPA hot under the collar.Ban red-light camerasStickland also filed HB 142 which would ban red-light camera enforcement systems as well as speed cameras. [read post]
19 Jan 2019, 6:38 am
Local officials don't have to use it. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 5:51 am
Whitmire should be thankful that the inmate who notoriously contacted him by phone in 2008 didn't send him sexting photos! [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 2:27 am
Most members of the commission don't do investigative work and need training, he says. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 7:14 am
The next move belongs to Chairmans Whitmire and Madden, and to House and Senate budget writers.FINAL UPDATE: Here's more on Gov. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 3:16 am
Whitmire have undertaken to reverse Texas' recent overwhelming prison growth.That's not entirely the committee's fault. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:27 pm
Here's a notable excerpt:Just don’t say they’ve gone soft. [read post]
23 May 2009, 1:30 am
Personally, I don't have a dog in that fight; I'm a lot more worried about the collateral damage it's causing. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 11:45 am
I hope, though, that local bureaucrats don't trump up ridiculously high numbers just to try to kill the proposal (e.g., I don't think anyone's talking about requiring Bexar to build its own lockup - I think that's a red herring).Instead, juvenile probation departments should take this opportunity to assess their community treatment needs, P.O. salaries, juvie mental health services and other programming that's already being impacted by depopulating TYC by… [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 5:59 am
It remains an open question what would happen if Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire gets his way and converts two Texas Youth Commission units to adult DWI treatment facilities. [read post]
16 Apr 2011, 11:09 am
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]
20 Apr 2011, 6:48 am
" Whitmire's bill keeps the crime on the books, but requires the court to assess parents' intent. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 4:21 am
As though Texans don't really care about innocent people locked up in prison. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 4:50 am
It's authored by Ellis, Carona and Deuell, and coauthored by Hinojosa and Whitmire. [read post]
