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1 Apr 2011, 5:09 am
Jerry Madden, R-Plano, the chairman of the House Corrections Committee. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 2:01 pm
Jerry Madden, both of whom are expected to author significant reform bills this session. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 2:35 pm
" Meanwhile, outgoing House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden opined, "This was thumbing their nose at the Legislature, and there's usually a serious penalty to be paid for that. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 11:25 am
Jerry Madden (R-Plano), chairman of the corrections committee, says that instead of worrying about the expanding outflow from prison, he wants to choke off the inflow with DIVERT-type courts. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 1:23 pm
Jerry Madden, R-Plano, filed a bill last week that would do just that. [read post]
5 Dec 2006, 11:55 am
"Yes, we have minimum-security inmates in medium and maximum-security beds," said House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson. [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]
1 Jul 2010, 4:03 pm
(See past Grits discussion of Texas recidivism rates here and here.)Jerry Madden at one point suggested that recidivism may be the wrong metric to watch, that there should be metrics documenting success instead of only failure. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 11:46 am
Representative Jerry Madden (R-67), Chairman, Texas House Corrections Committee? [read post]
6 Dec 2008, 11:50 am
Jerry Madden's probation reform initiatives over Texas' last two legislative sessions. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 8:23 am
Former Republican House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden carried the bill which passed the Legislature easily but was vetoed. [read post]
22 Jun 2013, 8:55 am
Former House Corrections Committee Chairmen Ray Allen and Jerry Madden both tell the same story of then-Speaker Tom Craddick coming to them prior to their first session as chairs, issuing an eight-word demand that would change their lives: "Don't build new prisons. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 8:10 am
He has also been hostile to good-time credits applied to inmates seeking parole (vetoed bills in '05 and '07), and in 2005 he vetoed Jerry Madden and John Whitmire's comprehensive probation reform package, though he signed an essentially similar bill the following session and now takes credit for it on the campaign stump.* * *Grits has occasionally dared to hope that the Lege might revisit some of these topics now that we'll have a new governor in 2015. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 12:19 pm
If, on election night, the US Senate race at the top of the ticket is competitive, or heaven forbid, Beto pulls an upset, check down the ballot for this race; it may flip, too.Predictions on #cjreform in 2019 #txlegeA panel in Dallas made predictions on #cjreform in the coming Texas legislative session at a gathering at the Belo mansion.Stop revoking people to prison for potOn Twitter, former House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden suggested that Texas stop revoking… [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 9:27 am
" "Pre-arrest diversion" sounds like Harris may finally, fully implement Jerry Madden's 2007 authorization to give tickets instead of make arrests for certain low-level Class B misdemeanors including marijuana possession. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 6:54 am
That doesn't mean there won't be resistance to #cjreform initiatives, but it arguably helps undermine opposition to them.MORE: On Twitter, former Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman and well-known GOP justice reformer Jerry Madden says he thinks Trump campaigning on #cjreform helps in blue states, too. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 8:59 am
Here are a few odds and ends which merit Grits readers' attention while I'm focused elsewhere today:Williamson County to allow citations for pot, DWLIGreat news: Williamson County has decided to let Round Rock police officers issue citations for low-level marijuana possession and driving with an invalid license, utilizing a 2007 statute authored by former House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 3:14 pm
Jerry Madden, parole revocations for technicals plummeted. [read post]
2 Dec 2007, 9:12 am
Jerry Madden (R-Plano) is from North Texas makes it difficult not to think immediately of the current controversies in Farmers Branch and Irving. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 6:20 am
Last week the Texas Public Policy Foundation held a panel at their annual policy conference (thanks to Marc Levin and David Guenther for the invite) featuring outgoing House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden, chief Harris-County judicial cat-herder Caprice Cosper, House Rep. [read post]
