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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Ward: Sunset may shift parolee supervision back to parole board
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Mike Ward at the Statesman has more coverage of the recent TDCJ Sunset hearing , though IMO he overstates the chance that the parole board...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Annual prison releases dwarf those suggested by legislative budget cutters
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A commenter on yesterday's Grits post reacting to bills that would release targeted, low-risk prisoners early, saving hundreds of mill...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
2,383 and counting ... how many new felonies from the 82nd Texas Legislature?
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Regular readers will recall that the 81st Legislature created 59 new felonies in 2009 , according to the Parole Board's biennial "O...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
State won't exempt public safety agencies in next round of budget cuts
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State leaders on Friday ordered Texas government agencies to identify another round of possible budget cuts, and this time public safety age...
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Monday, April 02, 2007
Retired warden: Texas' prison crowding crisis self inflicted
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Texas doesn't need more prisons, says former Holliday Unit warden Richard Watkins in Saturday's Houston Chronicle . He wrote: Ultima...
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