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9 Feb 2010, 5:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The panelists were: * The Honorable Jerry Madden — Vice Chairman, Texas House Corrections Committee * Michele Deitch — Adjunct Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs * Harvey Hetzel — Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Harris County * Vicki Spriggs — Executive Director, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 12:30 pm
"We hit the perfect storm at the right time," Texas legislator Jerry Madden said at the Collins Center for Public Policy's Justice Summit this week in Tampa. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 8:53 am
Jerry Madden to avoid new prison building by expanding diversion programming and creating incentives to use progressive sanctions and reduce probation revocations. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 4:29 am
" House Corrections Committee member (and former chairman) Jerry Madden, Juvenile Probation Commission boss Vicki Spriggs, and LBJ School instructor Michele Deitch were the featured speakers.What are conservatives saying about criminal justice reform? [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]
11 Aug 2009, 1:19 am
Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden and I were both interviewed for a story on NPR's "Marketplace" that ran this morning. [read post]
26 Jul 2009, 6:28 am
Jerry Madden, a prominent, mainstream Texas criminal justice reformer, in a nationally prominent spot where he both promote the approaches used in Texas more widely and learn more about what's being done in other states. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 11:50 pm
Jerry Madden, a self-described conservative Republican, had just taken over as chairman of the Texas House committee on corrections. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 1:08 am
According to an action alert from the Free Market Foundation urging Governor Perry to veto SB 1440 expanding CPS powers, one of the bill's co-sponsors, Jerry Madden, now think last-minute amendments were a "mistake" and he expects Governor Perry to veto the legislation. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 5:13 am
I'm sorry to see Jerry Madden lost his chairmanship, but he and Jim McReynolds worked closely together last session and the new chair was on board with most of the work Madden was doing there. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 12:43 am
Jerry Madden and Harold Dutton went head to head over who would have jurisdiction this session over juvenile justice, with the Democrat winding up with the short end of the stick. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 1:55 pm
  Integrity Unit members Jerry Madden and Jim McReynolds, both members of the Texas House, expressed interest in working on such legislation in the 81st Texas Legislature, which convened at noon today.Leo added that law enforcement agencies that record the interviews never want to return to days of untaped sessions, but agencies that have not begun taping are extremely reluctant and resistant to try the practice.Leo also cited Tom Sullivan's work persuading law… [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]
28 Dec 2008, 11:20 pm
Jerry Madden in 2005 and 2007 expanding Texas' treatment and prison diversion programs by a whopping $200 million. [read post]
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]
6 Dec 2008, 11:50 am
Jerry Madden's probation reform initiatives over Texas' last two legislative sessions. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 2:01 pm
Jerry Madden, both of whom are expected to author significant reform bills this session. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 8:45 pm
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said he proposed the law after consulting with law enforcement officials from across the state because he supports keeping more officers on the street. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 6:47 am
Jerry Madden, a Richardson Republican who is Whitmire's co-chairman, said that although "none of us believe everything is fixed at TYC, I think the conservatorship probably had accomplished as much as it could. [read post]