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13 Dec 2016, 9:03 am by Tom Smith
Former Texas governor and one-time presidential contender Rick Perry will head up the Department of Energy, a Cabinet agency he once pledged to shut down. [read post]
22 Jun 2007, 3:11 am
Paul Burka called it "one of the worst of Perry's vetoes," and I agree. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 11:19 pm
Rick Perry on Monday to the nine-person Texas Board of Criminal Justice, which oversees the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 1:10 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In 2007, Perry signed legislation requiring TDCJ to create an ombudsman to facilitate PREA compliance. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 2:34 pm by Richard Hornsby
The sentencing documents sent to the Department of Corrections reflected credit for 285 days served in county jail prior to sentencing in each case. [read post]
16 May 2014, 9:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Yesterday was Texas' deadline to provide assurances to the US Department of Justice that it would comply with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 12:04 am
In his veto statement, Perry concluded:I am directing DFPS, through its parental advisory committee, to study the effect of the Gates decision on the ability of the department to appropriately enter a residence and, if necessary for the protection of the child, to transport the child for interviews in a neutral location. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 1:01 pm
It was also given authority to investigate allegations of negligence or misconduct that could affect the integrity of forensic analysis and to do follow-up evaluations to see whether corrective action was taken. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 1:40 am
Perry "suggested" that the TYC board name Department of Corrections' second in command, Ed Owens, as interim TYC executive director, which it did, vesting him with dictatorial power before the board resigned en masse. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 12:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry urging raises for correctional officers (see Grits' earlier discussion here and here), offering these data on statewide understaffing trends: The Department of Criminal Justice currently is over 2,700 officers short, not including the 530 correctional officer positions that were eliminated by your budget cuts this last session. [read post]
18 Feb 2019, 6:51 am by CMS
In these situations, the court occasionally departs from the ordinary burden on a claimant to prove facts on the balance of probabilities. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 9:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Lance Lowry, President of the AFSCME Local 3807, Texas Correctional Employees, states “Although most staff do not agree with the PREA Act, Rick Perry's decision to not certify Texas prisons in compliance with PREA standards now means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) may face a loss of Federal PREA funding. [read post]
11 Aug 2018, 12:34 pm by News Desk
   And more than 30 cases may be involved in the outbreak, according to the Perry County Health Department, which does not yet know the source of the infections. [read post]
11 Feb 2007, 7:34 am
The Paris (Tx) News quotes District Judge Jim Lovett expressing optimism at the direction Chairmans Madden and Whitmire are hoping to take Texas' corrections system ("Lovett finds Perry's plan arresting," Feb. 11). [read post]
28 May 2008, 8:31 am
" After listening to more than an hour of arguments by attorneys, Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge Wayne Trockman sentenced Perry to a total of six years in the Indiana Department of Correction. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 4:47 am
But Hanson was correct in concluding that the § 36.03 / § 1.07(a)(9)(F) combination, as written, violates the First Amendment. [read post]