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21 Dec 2010, 5:00 am
And this raises an interesting question which Mike Bryant discusses in his St. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 3:12 pm
I can't tell what, exactly, is the newshook for this story by Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman about cell phones smuggled into Texas prisons, but here are the data for smuggled cell phones two years after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice declared a "zero tolerance" policy on contraband: "This year, Texas investigators estimate that more than 800 cell phones have been confiscated from inside state prisons, compared with more than 900 during the same… [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 12:50 pm
According to a new report (pdf) by the Vera Institute, "Texas taxpayers pay an average 23 percent more for state prisons than the state’s annual corrections budget reflects," reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman: "The new report by the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based research organization that tracks criminal justice trends, calculates the state’s total costs for its adult corrections and prison programs at $3.3 billion — almost… [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 3:13 am
Here's how the story by Mike Ward began in Friday's Austin Statesman:A federal judge on Thursday issued a stern rebuke to state corrections officials for the way they classify some parolees as sex offenders even though the defendants have never been convicted of sex crimes.U.S. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 1:41 pm
"Lawmakers scold prison officials for security breaches after cell phone controversy," is Mike Ward's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 12:37 am
According to the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward ("Youth commission changes course on older offenders," 9/25),On Tuesday, Dimitria Pope, the agency's acting executive director, announced that 79 of 159 older offenders will be kept in agency lockups, and another 40 will remain on Youth Commission parole. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 1:07 pm
Rick Perry’s Criminal Justice Division picked Waco ISD for the $600,000 pilot project because it has its own police department, officers were ticketing students for behavior issues and Waco has close proximity to Austin. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 8:13 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports on the allegedly muddled implementation and backlash against a new program to provide housing for long-time inmates who are eligible for parole but had no place to go ("Housing program for ex-cons not working as intended, some lawmakers say," Aug. 15). [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 1:40 pm
Mike Ward has posted, "AG: Make public info about execution drugs," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 5:14 am
First, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman, six prison industry factories including a soap factory formerly at the Central Unit in Sugar Land have been closed because of budget cutbacks. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 7:31 am
"Rapid-fire questions from Austin lawyer Mike McKetta, acting as the prosecution, drilled into the heart of the charges against Keller â€â [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 6:28 am
Lobbying Texas: “City Officials Question Oversight of Visit Austin” by Shonda Novak for Austin American-Statesman Utah: “Utah Bars Fighting the State’s Strict New DUI Law with Fundraising and Petition Drive” by Kathy Stephenson for Salt Lake Tribune Campaign Finance “Amid Trump’s Unpopularity, Democrats Face Criticism for Not Investing More in Special Elections” by Mike DeBonis and David Weigel for Washington Post Florida:… [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 9:14 am
An empty Mike's hard lemonade bottle was lying in the center console. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 1:41 pm
Mike Ward posts, "Complaint: Texas illegally acquiring lethal drugs," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 10:45 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports ("Guard shortage forces inmate transfers," Nov. 9) that:A shortage of guards at a remote West Texas boot camp has forced the Texas Youth Commission to move almost half of the incarcerated teenagers to other state lockups, officials said Thursday. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 4:53 pm
Eroy Brown, a TDCJ prisoner serving time in a South Carolina prison to protect him from state retaliation, is up for parole, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Brown case highlights reluctance to parole long-time offenders," Jan. 18). [read post]
15 May 2012, 5:31 am
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman on Sunday offered a worm's-eye view of violence at youth prisons from the perspective of juvenile correctional officers (JCOs), many of whom, as anyone who reads Grits comments knows, blame increased violence on the head of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Cherie Townsend and lenient security policies on TYC campuses ("Workers trace youth lockup's problems to soft discipline," May 13).Voicing the views of a dozen… [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 2:54 am
Mike hosts a podcast called lunch with lawyers. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 3:36 pm
The dooring occurred on the far West Side of Chicago of Austin Avenue just north of its intersection with Fullerton Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 7:01 am
"MORE (6/4): A common theme in stories by Mike Ward on these topics is the false framing of the question to portray the state's options as a) treat juveniles like in adult prisons and punish with solitary confinement, or b) employ no consequences at all and let the inmates do whatever they want. [read post]
