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45 Document(s) [ Subject: Inmates with intellectual disabilities ]

Committee:

House Corrections, 79th R.S. (2005)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

After school programs | County jails | Crime prevention | Criminal Justice Advisory Council | Criminal Justice Policy Council | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Criminally insane | Disciplinary alternative education programs | Drug rehabilitation programs | Elderly inmates | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Inmates | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Inmates with mental illness | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Prison population | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | Sex offenders | State employee turnover | Windham School District | Women inmates | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.79 C817

Description:

[150 pages File size: 34,034 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the organizational structure of the department to determine if the current system is effectively and efficiently addressing the needs of all components of the criminal justice system in conjunction with the Sunset review of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in 2007.
2. Examine the probation system and reforms debated during the 79th Legislature, including using strategies such as graduated sanctions and specialized courts for reducing revocations and recidivism. Study the organization and cost of our probation system and make recommendations about how to prioritize and strengthen general supervision.
3. Evaluate the correctional health care systems in other states as they compare to the Texas health care system, with a focus on greater accountability and competition among providers.
4. Assess the programming needs for special populations in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).
5. Review the operation and organization of the Windham School District.
6. Study the adequacy of the state accountability system in measuring the effectiveness of Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) based on academic performance, behavior modification and percentage of students referred to the juvenile justice system. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Public Education.)
7. Study the effectiveness of prevention programs, such as after school programs, in reducing the actual indices of crime and the rate of young offenders entering the criminal justice system. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues.)
8. Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's oversight and monitor the Governor's Judicial Advisory Council.
Committee:

House Corrections, 78th R.S. (2003)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Criminal justice | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Inmates with mental illness | Parole | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | Sex offenders |

Library Call Number:

L1836.78 C817

Description:

[49 pages File size: 2,742 kb]

Charges:
1. Review the effectiveness, efficiency and funding mechanisms of the community supervision and parole supervision systems. Examine accountability for various community supervision programs administered through local community supervision and corrections departments. Study the advisability, methods and costs of creating a progressive-sanctions model for the adult criminal justice system. (Joint interim charge with House Appropriations Committee)
2. Study targeted contracting and review strategies and initiatives in the prison system related to oversight, efficiency, effectiveness and potential cost-savings of contracted services by private sector vendors.
3. Study the Council on Sex Offender Treatment, including treatment methods and effectiveness and explore the possibility of licensing of registered sex offender treatment providers.
4. Study the criminal justice mental health initiative in coordination with the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments.
5. Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's oversight jurisdiction.
Committee:

Joint Criminal Defendant's Competency, Task Force, 77th R.S. (2001)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Capital punishment of inmates with intellectual disabilities | Competency to stand trial | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Persons with intellectual disabilities |

Library Call Number:

L1836.77 C867d

Description:

[12 pages File size: 65 kb]

Charges:
1. A task force is established to review the methods and procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial anduse of the insanity defense and to submit a report to the 78th Legislature. The task force serves in an advisory capacity.
2. In conducting its review of the methods and procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial and use of the insanity defense, the task force shall: (1) examine the process by which the examination of a defendant is initiated and administered, including the required and actual use of forms and other documentation; (2) review the manner in which a person is appointed to conduct an examination; (3) evaluate the adequacy of the qualifications and training of persons who may be appointed to conduct an examination; (4) consider alternative means to: (A) increase cost effectiveness in the examination process; and (B) maximize third-party payment of the costs of examinations; and (5) assess the potential use and benefits of telepsychiatry.
Committee:

House County Affairs, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

County government | County jails | Crime prevention | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Justices of the peace | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Municipalities | School dropouts |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 c832

Description:

[62 pages File size: 2,748 kb]

Charges:
1. Review the cost of statutory county duties, including federal mandates, and the ability of county tax bases and fees to support such duties.
2. Examine areas in which the state might beneficially devolve authority and programs to county governments. Assess the interest and ability of county governments to accept more authority.
3. Examine ways that county governments, educational institutions, service organizations and local state agency offices may coordinate their efforts to address the problems of at-risk youth at the local level. Report on successful programs that might serve as models for others.
4. Examine the extent to which city and county governments have voluntarily consolidated and streamlined operations through interlocal agreements. Determine the impediments to greater use of such agreements, and assess whether voluntary consolidation of operations should be a first-step before any further consolidation is permitted.
5. Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:

House Criminal Jurisprudence, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Capital punishment | Community service (Punishment) | Criminal justice | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Drug rehabilitation programs | Expunction of criminal records | Inmate rehabilitation | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Kidnapping | Mexico | Prison population | Probation | Recidivism |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 c868h

Description:

[219 pages File size: 8,993 kb]

Charges:
1. Review criminal procedure issues concerning the detention and arrest of Mexican citizens in Texas and Texas residents in Mexico. Include issues surrounding the abduction of children into Mexico.
2. Examine the criminal procedure statutes in relation to the issue of record expungement for people who have had criminal charges filed against them and the charges were later dismissed.
3. Review the actions other states have taken in regard to execution of persons who are mentally retarded. Consider the effects on all aspects of the criminal justice system of laws that prevent or severely restrict executions.
4. Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 76th R.S. (1999)

Title:

Interim Report - Mental health & criminal justice

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Criminal justice | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Mental health services | Persons with intellectual disabilities | Persons with mental illness |

Library Call Number:

L1836.76 c868 2

Description:

[76 pages File size: 2,740 kb]

Charges:
1. Review information-sharing between law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals, and mental health agencies about individuals, both adults and juveniles, who are identified or considered a risk to the public's safety and whether additional cooperative efforts are needed. The Committee also shall recommend how best to conduct a comprehensive review of the relationship between mental health and the criminal justice system to assure that the criminal justice system does not become the alternative placement for such individuals.
Committee:

House Criminal Justice and People with Mental Disabilities, House Joint, 74th R.S. (1995)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Law Enforcement, Texas Commission on | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Persons with mental illness | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.74 c868hj

Description:

[69 pages File size: 2,891 kb]

Charges:
1. The House Joint Committee on Criminal Justice and People with Mental Disabilities is created to study the special problems of individuals with mental disabilities in the criminal justice system. The Committee should consider such information as the number of people in the system with mental disabilities, the quality of assessment measures to determine competence, the adequacy of representation, the availability of services and treatment and barriers to reintegration into the community.
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:

Joint Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim, 67th R.S. (1981)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alternatives to incarceration | At-risk youth | Crime prevention | Criminal justice | Inmates | Inmates with intellectual disabilities | Inmates with mental illness | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | State agencies |

Library Call Number:

L1836.67 c868

Description:

[24 pages File size: 1,014 kb]

Charges:
1. Examine the specific role of each state agency in the criminal justice system and determine methods of coordination of services.
2. Identify any areas within the system in which state and local funds can be used more prudently and with greater effectiveness.
3. Examine the education programs of our schools to determine ways of deterring crime.
4. Identify any instances of duplication of services that can be prevented and offer suggestions for the avoidance of such duplication.
5. Identify groups of offenders that need special services not currently being provided and determine means of providing those services.
6. Examine alternatives to incarceration, such as restitution, and develop new programs for the implementation of those alternatives.
7. Seek methods and determine strategies for crime prevention.
Committee:

Joint Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim, 67th R.S. (1981)

Title:

HCR 119

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

HCR 119

Description:

[6 pages File size: 2,586 kb]
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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