Creating a Path to Responsible Living Through Drug Treatment
SB 1909 to be Heard in House Corrections Committee on Monday!
SB 1909 by Senators Ellis (D-Houston), Carona (R-Dallas), and Deuell (R-Greenville), and carried by Representative Madden (R-Plano) in the House - relating to mandatory treatment that is more effective than incarceration - is scheduled to be heard before the House Committee on Corrections on Monday, April 30, 2007, in Room E2.016 at 8:00 am or upon final adjournment of the House.
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Increasing Funds for Drug Courts
SB 1780 to be Heard in House Corrections Committee on Monday!
SB 1780 by Senator Whitmire (D-Houston) - relating to using forfeiture funds to support drug courts - is scheduled to be heard before the House Committee on Corrections on Monday, April 30, 2007, in Room E2.016 at 8:00 am or upon final adjournment of the House.
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Improving Defense Services for Indigent Defendants
SB 1655 to be Heard in House Judiciary Committee on Monday!
SB 1655 by Senators Ellis (D-Houston) and Duncan (R-Lubbock) - relating to the establishment of the Capital Writs Committee of the Texas Judicial Council and the creation of the Office of Capital Writs - is scheduled to be heard before the House Judiciary Committee on Monday, April 30, 2007, in Room E2.028 at 2:00 pm or upon final adjournment of the House.
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Providing Tools for Personal Responsibility
Good News: SB 1750 Placed on Senate Intent Calendar!
SB 1750 by Senator Whitmire (D-Houston) - relating to removing barriers through granting provisional licensure - has been placed on the Senate Intent Calendar, meaning it will be heard on the Senate floor very soon!
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Call your Senators and urge them to help people find jobs by voting for SB 1750!
"When you come out of prison, I have the deck stacked so far against me. One, I'm an ex felon, who's gonna hire me? So I had to dream up other identities to get a job. Our prisons are overloaded. The last thing they want is another body in there. I'm not gonna go to welfare. I'm not gonna have people feeding me. I'm gonna go out and earn a decent living. And that's what I did. The only thing is that I didn't do it under who I really was."
- Fred Brito, formerly incarcerated person
In the News:
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN: Locked out of their livelihoods
COLUMBUS DISPATCH: Former prisoners struggle with news lives, study says
More Good News:
SB 838 by Senator Whitmire - relating to the revocation or modification of a person's parole - passed the Senate on the Local and Uncontested Calendar (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) and is moving on to the House!
SB 909 by Senator Whitmire - relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Criminal Justice - passed the Senate on the Local and Uncontested Calendar (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) and is moving on to the House!
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SB 1580 by Senator Van de Putte - relating to the provision of pay telephone service to inmates confined in facilities by the Department of Criminal Justice - passed the Senate on the Local and Uncontested Calendar (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) and is moving on to the House!
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SB 1557 by Senator Hinojosa - relating to the appointment of an attorney to represent an indigent defendant who is in the custody of a correctional facility of TDCJ - passed the Senate on the Local and Uncontested Calendar (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) and is moving on to the House!
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