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24 Sep 2009, 4:47 am
As a result, inmates are transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) more quickly ... and the County yielded a $531,000, savings in incarceration costs between October 2007 and August 2008 alone.Because Harris County currently sends inmates to other counties and to a private prison in Louisiana, TFDP estimates that for every reduction of ten prisoners in the jail, the county saves $10,800 per month in money paid to other jail systems.PDs also offer greater financial… [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 9:40 am
According to TDCJ, tonight's would be the final execution in Texas during 2009. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 9:54 am
" The timing — less than three weeks from the next scheduled execution — and the TDCJ's decision-making process drew quick criticism. [read post]
20 Feb 2011, 8:43 am
I agree with all these suggestions and have suggested in the past how TDCJ and the Legislature could cut in other areas to not only justify but leverage that spending.Pressure on the number of forensic hospital beds, which have remained static in recent years and are threatened with cuts, has been growing at an equally alarming rate: "The number of criminal defenants who needed to stay for the maximum number of days allowed for initial forensic commitments (120 days) rose by 30%. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 7:52 am
The Lege on paper reduced the budget for prison healthcare last year by around $100 million over the biennium, then TDCJ almost immediately began paying $5 million per month extra while they renegotiated healthcare services, an amount greater than the Lege had cut. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 9:05 am
More than 5,500 prisoners are incarcerated at TDCJ right now for their third DWI or more. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 9:34 am
"And they'll formally revisit prison health financing in the wake of devolving negotiations between TDCJ and UTMB: "Monitor the administration of the Correctional Managed Health Care system. [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 12:52 pm
At TDCJ, inmates in ad seg get one hour recreation per day and no other time outside their cells. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 7:01 am
— Texas Bar Blog As COVID-19 cases rise, TDCJ says the biggest risk to inmates comes from outside (audio) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday that it’s locking down 15 prisons in response to the coronavirus crisis. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 4:52 am
Thanks to all of those willing to give the time to shared so much helpful info and opinions regarding TDCJ, BPP, laws, other groups/committees, legal issues, treatments and conditions of parole and/or probation, the Legislature, lobbying, literature, science and studies, philosophy, current events and so much more on ways we can make a difference. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 5:40 am
The watershed moment perhaps was Dallas DA Craig Watkins partnering with my employers at the Innocence Project of Texas (IPOT) to review old DNA cases and recommend which ones deserved testing, a process that led to numerous high-profile exonerations and landed Watkins a feature on 60 Minutes and other national acclaim.Similarly, the Forensic Science Commission and State Fire Marshall have partnered with IPOT to review arson cases of people currently incarcerated in TDCJ for errors… [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 7:15 am
It can't happen, and those folks who thought it could should never have moved there.Travis County's money from the state for this counseling center was approved for spending by TDCJ-CJAD seven weeks ago. [read post]
26 Nov 2011, 7:05 am
Much as with Judge Adams, every day Anderson remains on the bench taints and demeans not just the integrity of Texas' judiciary but the entire legal profession.Opportunity for activismSpeaking of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, they're up for Sunset review along with TDCJ and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and you can see their self-evaluation report here (pdf). [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 8:32 am
Earlier coverage of the new TDCJ policy on last meals begins at the link. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 11:47 pm
"I have yielded to TDCJ judgment in the past, but now enough is enough. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 6:53 am
But since TDCJ pays for extra private capacity (more than 11% of all beds), and since state jail beds are essentially fungible, really the marginal cost of each new prisoner is the cost of the last private state-jail bed leased. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 7:14 am
Authorization for TDCJ to use $125.8 million of existing bond authority to contract with a vendor for the design and construction of two 1,000 bed medium-security facilities (and renovate TYC facilities to accommodate 600 offenders) [read post]
25 May 2011, 1:56 pm
And at The Back Gate, a website run by TDCJ prison staff, we learn that Maj. [read post]
21 Nov 2010, 5:52 am
Corsicana, which serves the youth with the most severe mental health needs, currently has five mental health provider vacancies, including the most senior position.Injuries to TYC staff remain a problem, whether as a result of understaffing or a lack of experienced and/or adequately trained staff: "In fiscal year 2010, TYC staff were injured at a rate more than double that of the next highest agency providing 24-hour care, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, and four times… [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 2:11 am
In Texas, which is the acknowledged national death penalty leader, in FY 2007 we sent just 14 murderers to death row, while a whopping 1,078 entered TDCJ that year based on homicide charges. [read post]
