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5 Feb 2015, 9:09 am
Jerry Madden to allow police to issue citations instead of making arrests for pot possession, driving with an invalid license, and several other Class B misdemeanors. [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 8:44 am
They'll learn a lot more about correctional managed health care, I've little doubt, and gain a better understanding of what questions to ask as the session progresses.Moreover, I was comforted to see the committee at their first meeting appeared open to continuing the reformist track that John Whitmire and Jerry Madden sent the agency down beginning in 2007. [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]
16 Jun 2007, 1:56 am
The three leaders of the investigation and the drive for reform--Juan Hinojosa, Jerry Madden, and John Whitmire--were hit with a total of seven vetoes (three for Whitmire, two for Hinojosa, two for Madden; one of the bills was jointly sponsored by Whitmire and Madden).The final tally: Seventeen vetoes, more than one-third of the total, were used to kill bills that were authored or sponsored by twenty members who took positions on major issues that were unfriendly… [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 7:09 am
Jerry Madden of Richardson rise to the challenge of dealing with the Texas Youth Commission tragedy was a bright spot. [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 12:03 pm
"By contrast, we began to see a steady reduction over the next four years, and by 2014, there were 36,740 bookings with an average daily population of 1,851 (only 58 over capacity)," Bolton wrote.Thinking through this anecdote for a moment from Texas' vantage point: In 2007, then-Corrections Committee Chairman and prominent DFW-area Republican Jerry Madden passed legislation which similarly made arrests optional for low-level pot possession and a handful of… [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 6:46 am
Let them know you support the coming Madden-Whitmire reform package and oppose new prison building. [read post]
24 May 2011, 6:34 am
Jerry Madden, R-Plano. [read post]
27 Jul 2013, 1:01 pm
Jerry Madden was recently in Alaska promoting de-incarceration initiatives. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 5:45 am
Jerry Madden who co-authored the reforms. [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]
27 Jan 2007, 8:01 am
Having examined the makeup of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in more depth, here's a quick take on the assignments to two other important criminal-justice related committees in the 80th Texas House: Corrections On the Corrections Committee, Jerry Madden will remain committee chair with the surprise addition of veteran Houston Democrat Scott Hochberg as vice chair. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 11:31 am
Jerry Madden asked somebody from TDCJ how Project Rio, Texas' main job assistance program for ex-prisoners, was working. [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:17 am
Jerry] Madden said budget writers agreed to leave them open and to set aside about $15 million for prison officials to lease additional beds if needed over the next two years. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 3:34 am
Madden supported him. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 2:23 am
A number of important bills strengthening and improving the community supervision system will dominate Monday's Texas House Corrections Committee agenda.First up, and the most significant of the lot, is Chairman Jerry Madden's HB 1678, which is essentially similar to the probation-strengthening legislation Gov. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 4:56 am
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, who sponsored the legislation last spring.Federal officials noted that some countries, including Cuba and Vietnam, will not take back their citizens. [read post]
16 May 2007, 8:12 am
Reps Pat Haggerty (R-El Paso) Jerry Madden (R-Richardson) and Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) carried the bill in the House, and Rep. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 11:08 am
Texas Youth Commission conservator Ed Owens may think his job is done, but apparently the Legislature still thinks there's more for the agency to accomplish.With the Senate Criminal Justice Committee meeting Friday to discuss problems at private youth prisons, tea-leaf readers may be interested to learn that House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden has set a separate hearing for next Wednesday on the subject of the agency's compliance with SB 103.Then on October… [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 12:44 am
The third, a vacant Veterans Administration medical center in Marlin, could become a 350-bed psychiatric hospital if negotiations with federal officials are successful, Whitmire and House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden said. [read post]
