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62 Document(s) [ Subject: Inmate health ]

Committee:

House Corrections, 87th R.S. (2021)

Title:

Committee meeting handouts and testimony, June 15, 2022 (Behavioral health services, treatment, and recovery options)

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

County jails | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation |

Library Call Number:

Description:

[96 pages File size: 10,909 kb]

Charges:
1. For individuals in county jails and TDCJ facilities, or on community supervision or parole, examine:
  - The availability of behavioral health services; and
  - The current treatment and recovery options available for those who are experiencing withdrawal from drug or alcohol use.
  Make recommendations for best practices to address the needs of individuals requiring treatment. (Joint charge with Committee on County Affairs)
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 85th R.S. (2017)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Human trafficking | Inmate health | Inmates with mental illness | Mental health services | Prisoner re-entry | Recidivism | State jail system | Telemedicine |

Library Call Number:

L1836.85 C868

Description:

[148 pages]

Charges:
1. Identify Successful Re-Entry Programs: Study current reentry programs and procedures across Texas' adult criminal justice system and identify which are most effective. Review best practices and make recommendations to ensure that incarcerated individuals who are released from a county or city jail, state jail, or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have adequate supervision and access to employment, housing, treatment, and other support programs to allow for successful reentry and integration into the community and to prevent recidivism.
2. State Jail Review to Improve Outcomes: Perform a comprehensive analysis and study of the Texas state jail system. Examine the access to and use of rehabilitation, vocation, and education programs. Determine whether current programs are effective and if there are efficiencies that can be found to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes.
3. Telemedicine in Correctional Facilities: Review current availability and best practices in the state regarding the use of telemedicine for inmates in city or county jail, state jail, or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Examine and make recommendations on whether access to care and outcomes can be improved through the expanded use of telemedicine for medical and mental health services, and whether expansion would create efficiencies. Examine barriers to implementation and expansion of telemedicine in correctional facilities.
4. Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention: Study opportunities to increase awareness of human trafficking through public awareness campaigns, among local officials, and within public school districts including the identification of potential human trafficking and stash houses as well as how and where to report. Examine the Human Trafficking Prevention Business Partnership Program at the Office of the Secretary of State and provide recommendations for increasing participation of Texas businesses in the fight against human trafficking.
5. Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee during the 85th Legislature and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/ or complete implementation of the following: • Senate Bill 12, Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and body armor; • Senate Bill 30, Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding interaction with peace officers in the required curriculu m for certain public school students and in driver education courses and to civilian interaction training for peace officers; and • Senate Bill 1326, Relating to procedures regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability and to certain duties of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System related to persons with mental illness.
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 83rd R.S. (2013)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alternatives to incarceration | Driving while intoxicated | Elderly inmates | Felonies | Inmate health | Inmates with mental illness | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Probation | Texas Penal Code | Theft | Youthful offenders |

Library Call Number:

L1836.83 C868

Description:

[85 pages]

Charges:
1. Review cases involving the imposition of probation rather than imprisonment or commitment for adult and juvenile intoxication manslaughter offenders. Make recommendations to ensure that intoxication manslaughter sentences include appropriate punishment levels, maintain public safety, and serve to deter driving under the influence.
2. Study the operations of the Texas prison system with respect to the medical and mental health care treatment. Study potential cost savings associated with identifying offenders with dual diagnoses and routing these individuals into appropriate services before, during, and after involvement with the criminal justice system. Study the way in which geriatric parole cases are currently evaluated and identify opportunities for reducing costs associated with the geriatric inmate population without compromising public safety.
3. Study and make recommendations related to jail diversion, reduced recidivism rates, and access to services for those within the system who suffer from a mental illness. Monitor the progress and implementation of the jail diversion pilot program for the mentally ill in Harris County and determine the best practices to be applied statewide.
4. Compile an inventory of all the juvenile specialty courts in the state, the juvenile population served, and the courts' program guidelines and practices. Identify gaps in services, geographically, by issue area, and juvenile population. Study the efficacy of each court through an analysis of recidivism rates and cost effectiveness and make recommendations regarding the best practices of juvenile specialty courts.
5. Study and make recommendations regarding sentencing of youth under 18 accused of committing serious crimes.
6. Study the value ladder of charges for theft and related offenses within the Texas Penal Code and recommend any necessary updates and proposed legislative reforms.
7. Evaluate the approximately 1,500 non-traditional criminal offenses that can be found outside of the Penal Code. Study the feasibility of streamlining these offenses and examine ambiguities in the law. Analyze whether and to what extent some of these non-traditional criminal offenses should be eliminated.
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:

Senate Criminal Justice, 79th R.S. (2005)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Border areas | Border drug trafficking | Border security | Child abuse | Competency to stand trial | Inmate health | Inmates with mental illness | Methamphetamine | Non-citizen inmates | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | Pseudoephedrine | Youth Commission, Texas |

Library Call Number:

L1836.79 C868

Description:

[69 pages File size: 16,360 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the resources and facilities available to offenders with mental health needs in the Texas criminal justice system. Provide an inventory of resources and facilities. Develop recommendations to better allocate existing resources and efficiently address the needs of this population.
2. Study the expenditure patterns and identify trends in the community supervision and corrections departments' use of state and local monies, known collectively as the Judicial Districts Trust Funds. Ascertain the percentages spent on direct supervision of probationers and identify notable policy decisions. Provide recommendations for improvements and methods of maximizing the use of these funds.
3. Examine the allegations of abuse and neglect within the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) facilities and the appropriateness of TYC response. Include an analysis of factors that may be affecting the safety of inmates and staff and make recommendations for Legislative actions to improve the safety of inmates and staff at these facilities.
4. Monitor the implementation of legislation relating to reducing the production and abuse of methamphetamine, including the predicted impact of methamphetamine's increased availability on state resources and criminal justice populations, and make recommendations for additional programs for further reductions in abuse and production.
5. Study and make recommendations for methods to reduce kidnapping and violence along the Texas Border, focusing on reducing drug-related crime.
6. Monitor the expenditure of funds for adult probation services dedicated to the lowering of revocations to state prisons and state jails. Examine the compliance with and effectiveness of associated budget riders and make recommendations for future funding needs.
7. Study the feasibility of the State of Texas establishing or contracting with a private prison facility in the country of Mexico in order to house non-violent Mexican Nationals currently being housed in Texas prisons.
8. Review other states' correctional health care systems and make recommendations, if necessary, for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Texas' system.
Committee:

House Corrections, 77th R.S. (2001)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alternatives to incarceration | Correctional officer shortages | Court costs and fees | Criminal justice | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Drug rehabilitation programs | Fines | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Inmates | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison reform | Probation |

Library Call Number:

L1836.77 c817

Description:

[40 pages File size: 255 kb]

Charges:
1. Study community supervision caseloads, the effect of officer-to-offender ratios and the impact of caseload reductions on revocations and incarceration costs to the state.
2. Study the quality and availability of residential facilities and the potential cost savings of enhanced residential sentencing alternatives to long-term incarceration.
3. Review the fees assessed on adult offenders and their impacts on community supervision and parole. Consider offenders' abilities to pay supervision fees and any impact on revocations of parole.
4. Study the delivery of healthcare within the Texas prison system, including the number and types of healthcare practitioners needed, the recruitment and retention of those practitioners, management of chronic diseases, and the use of telemedicine and other technologies.
5. Actively monitor the agencies under the committee's oversight jurisdiction. Specifically monitor the implementation of staffing and training programs at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and their effects on the safety of both inmates and staff.
Committee:

Senate Criminal Justice, 77th R.S. (2001)

Title:

Interim Report - Charge 5

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Child crimes | Inmate health | Mental health services |

Library Call Number:

L1836.77 c868 5

Description:

[18 pages File size: 3,482 kb]

Charges:
1. Monitor efforts to increase the availability and effectiveness of state and local mental health services for adult and juvenile offenders, and recommend improvements where applicable.
Committee:

House Corrections, 74th R.S. (1995)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Deferred adjudication | Inmate health | Managed care | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison labor | Probation | Telemedicine | Wackenhut Corrections Corporation |

Library Call Number:

L1836.75 c817

Description:

[69 pages File size: 3,420 kb]

Charges:
1. Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
2. Study the prison industries program regarding private sector employment of inmates.
3. Study the continuing implementation of the managed health care system within the prison system. Consider how tele-medicine networks developed for the prison system might benefit local citizens.
4. Review the need for changes in sentencing practices, the revocation of probation and the use of deferred adjudication.
Committee:

House Corrections, 73rd R.S. (1993)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Managed care | Mandated reports | Prison construction | Prison labor | Prison population | Recidivism | State jail system | Telemedicine | Windham School District |

Library Call Number:

L1836.73 c868

Description:

[64 pages File size: 2,429 kb]

Charges:
1. Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including a study of mandated reports to the legislature and legislative agencies. The study should consist of a review of the legislative reporting requirements of all agencies to identify areas where reporting obligations could be streamlined and agency accountability improved. The committee shall make specific recommendations about the continuation, modification or elimination of required legislative reports.
2. Monitor and report on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's implementation of the managed health care system established in SB 378, 73rd Legislature, Regular Session.
3. Monitor the construction of facilities by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Report to the legislature on construction progress and make recommendations regarding the adequacy and effectiveness of the construction program.
4. Study the effects of inmate job training on recidivism, as proposed in HB 1602, 73rd Legislature, Regular Session.
5. Study the use of private industry prison work programs and the assumption of costs by the prison through these programs.
Committee:

House Human Services, 72nd R.S. (1991)

Title:

Interim report - Vol 1

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Child abuse | Child Protective Services | Children with disabilities | Emergency medical services | Foster care | Hospital emergency rooms | Inmate health | Medicaid | Mental health services | Nursing homes | Persons with disabilities | Persons with intellectual disabilities | Persons with mental illness | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Quality of care | Services for persons with disabilities | Trauma centers | Women's health |

Library Call Number:

L1836.72 h88 1

Description:

[370 pages File size: 18,729 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the implementation of the Pre-admissions Screening and Annual Resident Review (PASAAR) (OBRA '87 mandate) including the areas of program design, Alternate Disposition Plan (ADP), accountability, and residents' rights and training.
2. Monitor child protective services in the proposed structure of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services including criteria used in "priority" classifications and intervention methods and response time per classification; services provided to children over the age of 10 and to special needs children; value of family preservation services; and problems associated with abuse or neglected children in one-parent homes.
3. Study health care in women's correctional facilities.
4. Monitor and Coordinate with the Texas Health Policy Task Force as it relates to trauma care in Texas.
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]
Committee:

Joint State Penitentiaries and the Farm System, Investigation, Special, 50th R.S. (1947)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Inmate health | Inmate sexual assaults | Prison farms | Prison violence | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 50th Leg. R.S. 3343 (1947)

Description:

[6 pages File size: 303 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate the operation of state penitentiaries and the prison farm system. *
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating Committee, 39th R.S. (1925)

Title:

Majority Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prison reform | Prison violence | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 39th Leg., R.S., 870 (1925)

Description:

[9 pages File size: 458 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate the conduct of the State penitentiary affairs, including treatment or mistreatment of the convicts. *
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating Committee, 39th R.S. (1925)

Title:

Minority Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prison reform | Prison violence | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 39th Leg., R.S., 874 (1925)

Description:

[2 pages File size: 277 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate the conduct of the State penitentiary affairs, including treatment or mistreatment of the convicts. *
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating Committee, 39th R.S. (1925)

Title:

Testimony, Transcript, and Exhibits, February 4-20, 1925; Stenographic Reports of Penitentiary Investigating Committee, Supplements to Senate Journal, February 27, March 7, 10, and 19, 1925

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1836.39 P378P

Description:

[396 pages File size: 180,559 kb]
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating, 37th R.S. (1921)

Title:

Report - Preliminary report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmates | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prison violence | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., R.S. 1182 (1921)

Description:

[9 pages File size: 205 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate conduct of the state penitentiary affairs and especially as to the treatment or mistreatment of the convicts by officers and employees of the institution.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating, 37th R.S. (1921)

Title:

Report - Majority report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmates | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prison violence | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., 1st C.S. 74 (1921)

Description:

[11 pages File size: 658 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate conduct of the state penitentiary affairs and especially as to the treatment or mistreatment of the convicts by officers and employees of the institution.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating, 37th R.S. (1921)

Title:

Report - Minority report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmates | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prison violence | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., 1st C.S. 82 (1921)

Description:

[2 pages File size: 67 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate conduct of the state penitentiary affairs and especially as to the treatment or mistreatment of the convicts by officers and employees of the institution.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating, 37th R.S. (1921)

Title:

Report - Senate Subcommittee No. 2 report

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., R.S. 546 (1921)

Description:

[2 pages File size: 86 kb]
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating, 37th R.S. (1921)

Title:

Report - Miscellaneous correspondence

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., 1st C.S. 222 (1921)

Description:

[2 pages File size: 75 kb]
Committee:

Joint Penitentiary Investigating, 37th R.S. (1921)

Title:

Report - Texas Prison Association correspondence

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., 1st C.S. 404 (1921)

Description:

[2 pages File size: 36 kb]
Committee:

House Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Prison Farms, 34th R.S. (1915)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Inmate health | Inmates | Prison farms | Prison labor |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 34th Leg., R.S. 294 (1915)

Description:

[7 pages]

Charges:
1. Visit prison farms to investigate and provide information prior to considering a pending bill to create a new penitentiary system. *
Committee:

House Penitentiaries, 33rd R.S. (1913)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate health | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 33rd Leg., R.S. 1001 (1913)

Description:

[28 pages File size: 1,904 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the state penal institutions and investigate their conditions, management and operations. *
Committee:

House Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiaries and State Farms, 32nd R.S. (1911)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate health | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 32nd Leg., R.S. 538 (1911)

Description:

[8 pages File size: 456 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate the physical condition of the State's penal institutions, State farms, contract farms and share farms.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiaries Investigating, 31st R.S. (1909)

Title:

Part I: Final Report; Proceedings; and Audit, Examination and Methods Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate health | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison violence | Prisons | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

L1836.31 P378P

Description:

[157 pages File size: 7,691 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the Huntsville and Rusk penitentiaries and all other places as in their judgment may be necessary.
2. Make a thorough and complete examination of the financial conditions of the penitentiary system, employing such help as may be deemed necessary to the end that a full, fair, complete and exhaustive examination be made of the entire penitentiary system covering a period from January 1, 1907, or prior to that time if deemed necessary by the committee, to the present time.
3. Make an investigation of the iron industry at Rusk and make recommendations as to the future operation of such iron industry as they believe would best subserve the State's interests, and recommend whether or not such industry should be abandoned or its operation continued by the State.
4. Investigate the conditions of the penitentiary at Rusk and of all farms, camps and trains where convicts are worked or kept, as to the food, clothing, health and treatment of the convicts, and all matters pertaining to their discipline, safe keeping and reformation.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiaries Investigating, 31st R.S. (1909)

Title:

Part II: Stenographer's Report of Evidence

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate health | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison violence | Prisons | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

L1836.31 P378P

Description:

[530 pages File size: 28,891 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the Huntsville and Rusk penitentiaries and all other places as in their judgment may be necessary.
2. Make a thorough and complete examination of the financial conditions of the penitentiary system, employing such help as may be deemed necessary to the end that a full, fair, complete and exhaustive examination be made of the entire penitentiary system covering a period from January 1, 1907, or prior to that time if deemed necessary by the committee, to the present time.
3. Make an investigation of the iron industry at Rusk and make recommendations as to the future operation of such iron industry as they believe would best subserve the State's interests, and recommend whether or not such industry should be abandoned or its operation continued by the State.
4. Investigate the conditions of the penitentiary at Rusk and of all farms, camps and trains where convicts are worked or kept, as to the food, clothing, health and treatment of the convicts, and all matters pertaining to their discipline, safe keeping and reformation.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiaries Investigating, 31st R.S. (1909)

Title:

Part III: Subcommittee and Full Committee Reports; Index

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate health | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison violence | Prisons | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

L1836.31 P378P

Description:

[352 pages File size: 21,182 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the Huntsville and Rusk penitentiaries and all other places as in their judgment may be necessary.
2. Make a thorough and complete examination of the financial conditions of the penitentiary system, employing such help as may be deemed necessary to the end that a full, fair, complete and exhaustive examination be made of the entire penitentiary system covering a period from January 1, 1907, or prior to that time if deemed necessary by the committee, to the present time.
3. Make an investigation of the iron industry at Rusk and make recommendations as to the future operation of such iron industry as they believe would best subserve the State's interests, and recommend whether or not such industry should be abandoned or its operation continued by the State.
4. Investigate the conditions of the penitentiary at Rusk and of all farms, camps and trains where convicts are worked or kept, as to the food, clothing, health and treatment of the convicts, and all matters pertaining to their discipline, safe keeping and reformation.
Committee:

House Penitentiary, 15th R.S. (1876)

Title:

Consideration of the penal system and the penitentiary lease

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Convict lease system | Inmate health | Inmates | Prison escapes | Prison labor | Prison population | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 15th Leg., R.S. 182 (1876)

Description:

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Charges:
1. Investigate all matters related to the affairs of the penitentiary Commissioners appointed by the Governor and report as to what may be necessary to enable the State of Texas to resume control of the penitentiary in case of emergency and report on the practicability of adding to the penitentiary in Huntsville. *

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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