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16 Dec 2008, 7:15 am
"I think it's a good question why they're backing up on this," said House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 8:32 am
Jerry Madden, the House's criminal justice guru, said that although it would be ideal to re-evaluate all of the state's 45,000 sex offenders, the task is nearly impossible. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 5:59 am
House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden said thousands of convicts might be kept from returning to prison and thousands more might never break the law to start with. 'This could be the biggest change in years in how we address criminal justice in this state,' he said. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 5:41 am
Jerry Madden in 2007 as a positive example of changing policies to manage booming corrections populations without reducing public safety (p. 17-18):Between 1985 and 2005, the Texas prison population jumped 300 percent, forcing a vast expansion of prison capacity. [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 7:04 am
At the invitation of Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston), Chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, and Representative Jerry Madden (R-Plano), Chairman of the House Corrections Committee, the Council of State Governments Justice Center, along with its senior research consultant Dr. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 11:36 pm
" Whitmire, House Corrections Committee chairman Jerry Madden (R-Richardson), and Sen. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 5:26 am
Jerry Madden said: a reduction in the solitary confinement population, from 9,343 in 2007 to 8,627 this year. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 9:54 am
Texas Representative Jerry Madden, the Law and Criminal Justice Committee Chair, discussed the implications for states of compliance with the Adam Walsh Act (PDF). [read post]
25 Feb 2007, 6:41 am
While I was distracted this week by little things like recovering from surgery, Eye on Williamson County was on the beat to monitor opponents of House Correction Chairman Jerry Madden's just-filed probation bill beating the drums against it, as reported in the Taylor Daily Press:Taylor Police Capt. [read post]
29 Dec 2008, 11:34 pm
So if the insurgents win, it's reasonable to speculate these members could lose their leadership spots, though there's also still a lot of horse trading yet to be done.Perhaps the biggest loss if House leadership changed hands might be Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, a Republican whose extraordinary performance in that role IMO has made him one of the stars of the House. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:13 am
It's been going on as long as Grits has followed the agency.Now the latest example of parole-board hubris arises: The board will not any time soon implement legislation encouraging parole of illegal immigrants who're eligible for deportation, choosing to ignore a bill passed in the latest session by departing House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 2:08 am
Molina will be on the ballot against GOP incumbent Cathy Cochran.Jerry Madden Returns: As important to the justice system, IMO, as any court race, House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden survived a primary challenge from an opponent who's main campaign message was to label prison and jail diversion programs and Madden's legislation to strengthen probation "soft on crime. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 2:51 am
And amidst all this, a modest reform proposal by a Republican Governor was gutted on party lines, with nobody in Arnold Schwarzenegger's party stepping forward to push through his plan in the California Assembly.Compare this to Texas' experience, where Republican committee chairs in the House (first Ray Allen then Jerry Madden on House Corrections) led bipartisan reform efforts in 2003, 2005 and 2007. [read post]
21 May 2012, 3:38 pm
Jerry Madden, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel, Ohio State Sen. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:16 pm
"Readers of Grits, of course, knew months ago that the Lege hadn't appropriated enough money to cover prison health costs, and indeed:House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said he was not surprised by UTMB's decision. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 8:39 am
"It's gone — one way or the other," House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson , said. [read post]
25 Jan 2007, 7:17 am
His Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire and House Corrections Chair Jerry Madden haven't even revealed the details of their alternative yet (that's coming next week at a Jan. 30 hearing).In the meantime, though, let's debunk this absurd notion right now that Texas needs more prison beds because of "population growth. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:02 am
That's the question faced this morning by the Texas House Higher Ed Committee as it considers HB 1367, and I'm a tad disappointed to see that it's actually House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden carrying the bill - I say disappointed because I think Madden's generally doing a good job as Corrections chair and is generally more sensitive to re-entry issues than this bill would indicate.Rather than run through the problems with this legislation myself,… [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 2:36 am
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, and Sen. [read post]
23 Aug 2007, 1:41 am
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, a committee co-chairman, said the panel will hear from Youth Commission officials and members of the public on issues at the agency, which is in charge of incarcerating and rehabilitating teenage offenders in Texas. [read post]
