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46 Document(s) [ Subject: Corrections, Texas Department of ]

Committee:

House Corrections, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Adult Probation Commission | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | County jails | Criminal justice | Electronic monitoring of offenders | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Probation |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 c817

Description:

[39 pages File size: 1,538 kb]

Charges:
1. To study the development of reliable statistics involving the entire criminal justice system capable of tracking individuals throughout all local and state components of the system.
2. To study shock probation and intensive supervision programs involving electronic monitoring.
3. To study sentencing practices in Texas and the feasibility of uniform sentencing guidelines for felony offenses with consideration of sentencing factors on the population of TDC and local jails, and on the costs of confinement.
4. To study areas for establishment of regional correctional facilities.
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Corrections, Texas Department of | Prison labor | Prison reform |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 c868p

Description:

[47 pages File size: 1,893 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the prison industries program operated by the Texas Department of Corrections. The study will include, but not be limited to, the issues of program efficiency, the desirability of providing nominal wages to inmate workers, job training opportunities, and tax incentives to encourage businesses to contract the with department for the production of goods presently being manufactured or assembled outside the United States for American consumption.
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Prison industries: Statutory framework

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 c868pi

Description:

[22 pages File size: 946 kb]
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

SR 141, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S.

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

SR 141

Description:

[2 pages File size: 403 kb]
Committee:

House Government Organization, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Adult Probation Commission | Commerce, Texas Department of | Corrections, Texas Department of | Human Services, Texas Department of | International trade | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Private Security Bureau, Texas | State of Texas Mexico Office | Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas | Sunset review process | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 g746

Description:

[38 pages File size: 1,349 kb]

Charges:
1. To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards, and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 14.
2. To study the Department of Human Services in order to determine cost savings measures through administrative reorganization.
3. To study and monitor the implementation of selected recommendations contained in Sunset legislation passed by the 70th Legislature to determine their administrative and operational efficiency.
Committee:

House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Adult Probation Commission | Alcoholism | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | Crime victims | Criminal justice | Drug rehabilitation programs | Inmate rehabilitation | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison population | Probation | Substance abuse |

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 se59

Description:

[32 pages File size: 1,059 kb]

Charges:
1. Undertake a comprehensive study of state laws and procedures regarding sentencing and probation, the operation of correctional facilities, and parole and other supervised release.
2. Examine how the various state agencies involved in alcoholism and substance abuse treatment are coordinating their efforts with the criminal justice system at the state and local level to reduce recidivism.
3. Monitor implementation of provisions of the sunset renewal acts for the Texas Department of Corrections, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Adult Probation Commission
4. Review current laws relating to sentencing and recommend a revised sentencing structure that takes into account prison and jail overcrowding and current and projected rates of recidivism.
Committee:

House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select, 70th R.S. (1987)

Title:

Interim report - Outline of revised system

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.70 se59o

Description:

[56 pages File size: 2,558 kb]
Committee:

House Law Enforcement, 69th R.S. (1985)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Correctional officer shortages | Correctional officers | Corrections, Texas Department of | Good-conduct time | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Juvenile crime | Mentally Retarded Offender Program | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison construction | Privately-operated prisons | Ruiz lawsuit | State employee turnover |

Library Call Number:

L1836.69 l41

Description:

[63 pages File size: 2,201 kb]

Charges:
1. Study alternative means of meeting the program needs of the mentally handicapped offenders incarcerated in Texas prisons in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Policy Council.
2. Study the problem of morale and employee turnover at the Department of Corrections and the fiscal impact of this situation on the State.
3. Conduct monthly monitoring of the Department of Corrections construction division including new construction and renovation contracts for Ruiz litigation; oversight of contract award process; identification and reporting of cost-overruns and inconsistencies in management reporting of projects.
4. Study the feasibility of private corrections systems in meeting the criminal justice needs of Texas including an analysis of the financial incentives for private investors in relation to the legal liability for the State and an analysis of private corrections products for practicality and cost effectiveness, in conjunction with the Appropriations Committee.
5. Study the impact of the Ruiz settlement on production and harvesting of Department of Corrections agriculture crops.
6. Monitor the percentage of crime committed in Texas that is attributed to juveniles.
7. Study the impact of flat time on the violence and work stoppage at the Department of Corrections in conjunction with the percentage of inmates serving flat time sentences.
Committee:

House Security and Sanctions, 67th R.S. (1981)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Adult Probation Commission | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | Halfway houses | Inmates | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Municipal jails | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Prison labor | Prison population | Probation |

Library Call Number:

L1836.67 se26

Description:

[92 pages File size: 2,508 kb]

Charges:
1. Monitor the implementation of the statewide juvenile probation system as authorized by HB 1704, 67th R.S..
2. Monitor the Adult Probation Commission in regard to the effectiveness of pre-sentence investigations to divert people from the Texas Department of Corrections.
3. Monitor the organizational changes in the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the creation of new halfway houses as authorized by SB 125, 67th R.S..
4. Investigate overcrowding in the Texas Department of Corrections and examine alternatives for relieving this condition.
5. Examine the feasibility of paying a wage to inmates for the work they perform at the Texas Department of Corrections.
6. Study the feasibility of placing city jails under the authority of the Texas Jail Standards Commission and/or abolishing the Commission.
7. Evaluate present rules, regulations, and statutes regarding the parole process.
Committee:

House Social Services, 65th R.S. (1977)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Blind, Texas Commission for the | Corrections, Texas Department of | Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Texas Commission for the | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Rehabilitation Commission, Texas | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.65 SO13

Description:

[42 pages File size: 1,416 kb]

Charges:
1. Oversight responsibilities of agency expenditures and related transactions. This function shall encompass a review and monitoring of all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 65th Regular Session of the Legislature, to wit: Commission on Alcoholism Commission for the Blind Commission for the Deaf Texas Rehabilitation Commission Texas Youth Council Department of Corrections Commission on Jail Standards Governor Committee on Visually Handicapped
Committee:

House Social Services, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Texas Commission on | Blind, Texas Commission for the | Corrections, Texas Department of | Deaf and hard of hearing | Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Texas Commission for the | Early childhood intervention | Juvenile justice system | Long-term care | Medical screening | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Prison population | Rehabilitation Commission, Texas | Senior citizens | Visually impaired persons |

Library Call Number:

L1836.64 so13

Description:

[69 pages File size: 2,443 kb]

Charges:
1. Evaluate the delivery of social services to the elderly, the hearing impaired, and to young children. *
2. Oversee the operations of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, the Commission for the Blind, and the Commission on Alcoholism. *
3. Oversee the operations of the Texas Youth Council. *
4. Review potential responses to increasing prison populations. *
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alternatives to incarceration | Correctional officers | Corrections, Texas Department of | Criminal justice | Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Inmates with mental illness | Parole | Prison labor | Prison population | Prison reform | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938r 1974

Description:

[102 pages File size: 6,356 kb]

Charges:
1. Study needed reforms in the Texas system of imprisonment of convicted persons with the purpose of seeking meaningful alternatives to the present anti-social aspects of the system which are not conducive to the rehabilitation of inmates and their return to society as productive, useful, and law-abiding citizens.
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Building tender system : supplemental report : working paper

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938wb

Description:

[5 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Custody and security working paper.

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938wc

Description:

[10 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Inmate living conditions : housing supplemental report : working paper

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938wl

Description:

[23 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report on investigation of the Gatesville incident

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938g

Description:

[8 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report on Joint Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938iy

Description:

[6 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report on investigation of incident at Ramsey I

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938ir

Description:

[6 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Letter concerning discharge or TYC employee

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938y

Description:

[7 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938gm

Description:

[5 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Events leading up to today's meeting

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938h 12/6/1973

Description:

[6 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Proposed outline for prison study

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938po

Description:

[3 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Research literature

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938b

Description:

[2 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Future policy toward incarceration

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938p

Description:

[2 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Housing working paper

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938WH

Description:

[51 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Inmate living conditions supplemental report

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938WLO

Description:

[3 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Labor and industry : working paper

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938WPL

Description:

[36 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Measurements of recidivism

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938m

Description:

[41 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Parole : working paper

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938WPP

Description:

[96 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Press releases

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938

Description:

[18 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Progress reports of the Joint Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938rp

Description:

[8 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Project proposal : a study of the Texas Department of Corrections

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938pp

Description:

[14 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938gr

Description:

[7 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938WV

Description:

[6 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Suggested topics for legislation

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938s

Description:

[3 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

The Coffield Unit : a new prison for Texas

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938w

Description:

[23 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Transactional interview

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938TO

Description:

[106 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Working papers

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938wp

Description:

[676 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Meeting with Ron Jackson, Acting Director of the Texas Youth Council

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938yp

Description:

[1 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Testimony of W.J. Estelle, Jr.

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938te

Description:

[52 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

The Texas Department of Corrections

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938wd

Description:

[10 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Ellis Unit

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938re

Description:

[8 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Survey of prisoner correspondence as of August 15, 1974

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938su

Description:

[2 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

[Letter to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938T

Description:

[7 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform of the Texas Legislature

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 p938cr 1974

Description:

[116 pages]
Committee:

Joint Prison Reform, 63rd R.S. (1973)

Title:

Report to the 63rd Leg. Joint Committee on Prison Reform of the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Prison Reform

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.63 P938cr

Description:

[205 pages]

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