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6 May 2014, 4:05 pm
In addition to Grits' brief writeup, a couple of MSM reporters covered yesterday's Texas House County Affairs Committee hearing regarding county jails' compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), and in particular testimony from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition's Elizabeth Hennecke. [read post]
16 May 2014, 9:33 am
That would resolve quite a few situations where that conflict causes problems, not just regarding PREA compliance. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 12:08 pm
Rick Perry's declaration that Texas won't comply with new Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, honing in on contradictions between Perry's characterization of PREA requirements and the actual consultant's recommendations first discovered by this blog via open request.They also discussed ongoing litigation over excessive heat in Texas prisons and today's House committee hearing on mental health and the justice system. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 5:21 pm
Separate from the GAO report, the Institute of Medicine (“IOM”) has convened an ad hoc committee to examine pediatric studies conducted under the BPCA and PREA. [read post]
5 May 2014, 9:30 am
Check out written testimony to the Texas House County Affairs Committee from Texas Criminal Justice Coalition policy attorney Elizabeth Henneke on implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), particularly at the county level.One interesting note: Texas received more grant funding for implementing PREA than any other state - about $3.6 million out of $54.4 million in grant expenditures nationally. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 5:44 pm
Finally, the new PREA standards provide another argument for the state to increase the age of criminal responsibility from 17 to 18, as the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee was discussing earlier this week. [read post]
10 Jan 2015, 1:35 pm
Noting widespread incidents of sexual violence in detention facilities, the Committee stated that all facilities should be required to comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) regulations. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 5:05 am
Counties also could incur costs if noncompliance with PREA were raised in a lawsuit against them. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 4:19 pm
Almost 90 percent of biologics that the committee investigated have been the subject of some study with children. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 12:02 pm
" And statements in the House Judiciary Committee report emphasize the application of the statute's protections to both criminal and civil detainees. [read post]
30 May 2015, 10:50 am
They allocated $0.5 million for PREA audits.However, despite overall expenses rising in the mid-nine-figure range, the Legislature failed to pass significant sentencing reform for nonviolent offenders or find a way to divert the sick and elderly (who are driving healthcare cost increases). [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 1:23 pm
If your senator serves on the Judiciary Committee, please contact his or her office today to support a legislative solution that applies PREA to all detainees, including those in immigration detention. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 6:21 am
Recently, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee held a landmark hearing on solitary confinement. [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 6:25 am
A similar bill was approved by an Assembly committee in California earlier this year. [read post]
22 Nov 2015, 1:30 pm
Or a PREA case? [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 10:22 am
06/07/2007
Bill Summary of the Fiscal 2008 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill (HGW 106) (PDF 504 KB) Summary prepared by the majority staff of the House Appropriations Committee 06/07/2007
CBO Cost Estimate for An Act to Conduct a Special Resource Study to Determine the Suitability and Feasibility of Including the Battlefields and Related Sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri (H.R. 376) (PDF 16.9 KB) Cost estimate for the… [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 10:22 am
The bill now goes to a Senate committee, where a companion bill already sits, and then possibly on to the full Senate. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 2:30 pm
[emphasis added] Unfortunately, as this September 11, 2012 meeting of the FDA's Pediatric Advisory Committee will include the consideration of many other drugs besides Beyaz, it is unlikely that too much time will be spent discussing the Beyaz safety issues. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 5:17 am
But Grits would have liked to hear her expand on the themes she quickly rattled off to the committee, so I asked Michele if I could reprint her full written testimony. [read post]
