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16 Nov 2018, 5:25 pm
In addition, the statue authorizes TDCJ to award a “Line Class 1” inmate 15 days of work time credit. [read post]
16 Nov 2018, 5:25 pm
In addition, the statue authorizes TDCJ to award a “Line Class 1” inmate 15 days of work time credit. [read post]
31 Oct 2018, 11:39 am
They have been forgotten by the system.With just a bit of ramp-up time, it wouldn't cost TDCJ or CPS much to identify youth with incarcerated parents. [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 6:12 pm
Here are a few odds and ends of which Grits readers should be aware:On the pitfalls of recruiting ex-military personnel as urban policeAn academic study of shootings at Dallas PD found that police officers who'd served in the military are up to three times more likely to fire their weapons than those who have not. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 1:44 pm
More than 10,000 fewer inmates in TDCJ is why the Legislature could close eight prison units over these last few years. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 8:55 am
The average Texas prison inmate's reading and math skills are at a fifth grade level, the superintendent of TDCJ's Windham School District told the Senate Criminal Justice Committee this morning.Large numbers of the nearly 70,000 inmates leaving Texas prisons every year, he told the committee, do so without a GED. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 5:22 am
It's been 375 days since the fiscal year ended and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice still has not issued its annual statistical report for FY 2017.Last year, the FY 2016 report came out in April.That is all.UPDATE: TDCJ told the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger the report may be out as early as next week. [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 7:00 am
***Still waiting on TDCJ statistical reportSpeaking of not posting data online, the FY 2017 TDCJ Statistical report, discussed here, STILL has not been posted online. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 7:32 am
" At yesterday's House Corrections Committee hearing, however, TDCJ executive director Bryan Collier said the agency now estimates the cost to install air conditioning at $4 million, a more than 80 percent reduction from their original estimate. [read post]
26 Aug 2018, 6:31 am
TDCJ has the data, which they compile for internal monthly reports that aren't posted on their website. [read post]
25 Aug 2018, 3:37 pm
An earlier version of this post understated how much TDCJ proposed to spend on healthcare. [read post]
25 Aug 2018, 3:37 pm
" So TDCJ is asking the state spend less than $250 million per biennium but the medical providers say they should be spending $528.5 million to meet "minimum standards. [read post]
16 Aug 2018, 8:50 am
IMO the rural settings wouldn't matter and TDCJ could easily fill its positions if prison guards here made as much as in California, for example, where the union is politically powerful and starting salaries are around double what they are here.Texas spends $3.5 billion per year on TDCJ, which sounds like a lot, but given our highest-in-the-country prison population numbers, we're pretty chintzy when it comes to spending on state prisons, a point I made in the… [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 1:15 pm
External oversight will help TDCJ avoid scandals, improve rehabilitation, and serve as a good example to the people in custody. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 1:15 pm
External oversight will help TDCJ avoid scandals, improve rehabilitation, and serve as a good example to the people in custody. [read post]
1 Aug 2018, 5:43 am
Rather, it's more probable that TDCJ just stopped labeling deaths as heat-related after litigation began in 2012. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 4:23 am
This raises the questions: How much will TDCJ ask the Lege for air conditioning? [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 3:06 pm
Up to 50,000 prisoners have Hep C, TDCJ officials have estimated, which means they make up around nine percent of the total 580,000 estimated cases statewide. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 10:17 am
From the Houston Chronicle:Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the current system reveals communication gaps between TDCJ and local law enforcement. [read post]
16 Jul 2018, 8:35 am
TDCJ employs more than 37,000 people at any given juncture. [read post]
