Thursday, August 21, 2008

Highlights from TDCJ chief's testimony at House Corrections

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The House Corrections Committee began its hearing this morning with testimony from Brad Livingston, E.D. of the Texas Department of Crimina...
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Federal prisoners to get limited email access by 2011

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Earlier this month, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice decided to join the other 49 US states in allowing most prison inmates regular ...
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House Corrections to discuss technology, reentry and state jails

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The Texas House Corrections Committee will meet this morning at 9 a.m. in the capitol to take up three interim charges that should generate...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

'Round the blogs

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While I take care of other business today, let me refer readers to these Texas blogs which all have up interesting and worthy recent posts: ...
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Should the US lower the drinking age?

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Were you 21 (or of legal age) when you took your first sip of alcohol? Not me. Back when I began drinking, the minimum legal drinking age (M...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Mental health spending, TYC 'regionalization' highlight juvie corrections budgets for 2010-11

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Let's point out a few highlights in recently issued agency proposals for state juvie corrections budgets that will surely frame legislat...
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Ombudsman: Public schools failed many TYC youth

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TYC independent ombudsman Will Harrell yesterday presented a copy of his office's recent report on education services (pdf) at the Yout...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Why wouldn’t innocence 'presumed' by criminal courts be 'actual'?

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I'm going to be posting some over at the Innocence Project of Texas' blog (regular readers know I began working for them as a polic...
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House Corrections, TCJC focused on re-entry this week

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On Thursday Aug. 21, the Texas House Corrections Committee will meet to gather information regarding three of their interim charges, one of...
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"It's a dog, it's OK. You can get another one"

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Sometimes a few casual words accidentally reveal remarkably callous attitudes in the justice system that participants would never admit to i...
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TCLEOSE needs more power to investigate police corruption

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The Sunset Commission and the Texas Legislature should take to heart two recommendations from the agency staff report (pdf) the Commission ...
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For all the hype, few actual abuse cases coming out of the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup

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At the height of the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup, the state claimed 466 kids were abuse victims and dozens of fundamentalist Mormon me...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Dallas County scrounging for 'loose change' on jail costs but ignores potential savings from jailing fewer people

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The Dallas News in a column titled ' Hits and Misses ' (Aug. 16) labeled as a miss this suggestion from Dallas County for making end...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Forensic Science Commission will investigate science behind Cameron Willingham's capital arson conviction

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The Texas Forensic Science Commission met in Houston today and voted to take on their first independent investigation involving an alleged ...
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TBCJ finally approves expanded prisoner phone access

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AP brings word that the Texas Board of Criminal Justice yesterday finally passed new rules, discussed earlier on Grits here , allowing most ...
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Smith County voters ask commissioners, "What part of 'no' don't you understand?"

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In East Texas, the "What part of 'No' don't you understand?" Committee formed this week to oppose Smith County jail bo...
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NPR Profiles Dallas DIVERT Court

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Dallas County's DIVERT Court - one of the oldest drug courts in Texas led by Judge John Creuzot- was the subject of a flattering feature...
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DOJ: Research shows trying juveniles as adults increases recidivism

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A couple of readers pointed me to this week to a New York Times editorial making " The Case for Juvenile Courts " (Aug. 13), which...
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Prison privatization ginning up local controversies

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It's surprising how many acrimonious local debates are going on right now in Texas over jail and prison privatization. Yesterday I menti...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Texas prison guards may get 20% pay hike - TDCJ requests 10.5% overall budget increase

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Texas prison guards would get a 20% pay hike if TDCJ officials have their way, reports the Austin American Statesman (" Big raises soug...
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