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79 Document(s) [ Subject: Prison labor ]

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 Corrections, 72nd R.S. (1991)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

At-risk youth | Gangs | Inmates | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Prison labor | Prison population |

Library Call Number:

L1836.72 c868

Description:

[25 pages File size: 1,096 kb]

Charges:
1. Study other emerging issues, as appropriate.
2. Study the progress of the inmate work program and evaluate the possibility of expanding the program.
3. Study the issue of youth involvement in gang activity and the use of guns.
4. Study the parole programs in Texas and see how the current parole procedures have affected the state.
Committee:

House Appropriations, 71st R.S. (1989)

Title:

Report of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Prison Construction Alternatives

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1801.9 AP65 71

Description:

[51 pages File size: 1,614 kb]
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 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:

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:

Senate Cost of Government, 57th R.S. (1961)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Computers | Juvenile justice system | Prison labor | State government | State hospitals |

Library Call Number:

L1836.57 c832

Description:

[76 pages File size: 3,309 kb]

Charges:
1. That said Committee shall be charged with the responsibility of determining any and all ways and means of eliminating waste and extravagances in Texas State Government operations; developing management procedures and patterns in the various State departments, agencies and institutions whereby State services authorized by law may be the most economically and efficiently rendered to the people of this state; and reporting on these and other matters contributing to the general objective of this resolution to the Senate at such times and in such manner as it may deem desirable.
Committee:

House Inspection of Prison System, Special, 43rd R.S. (1933)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Inmates | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

L1836.43 IN7

Description:

[12 pages File size: 630 kb]

Charges:
1. Inspect the State Prison System of Texas and report findings. *
Committee:

House Penitentiaries, 42nd R.S. (1931)

Title:

Visit Penitentiary System

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 42nd Leg., R.S., 1031 (1931)

Description:

[5 pages File size: 237 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the penitentiary farms in South Texas and also walls at Huntsville and nearby farms. *
Committee:

Prison Centralization Commission, 41st R.S. (1929)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Prison construction | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

P3100.8 R299 1929

Description:

[40 pages File size: 3,560 kb]

Charges:
1. Evaluate existing Texas prison system, survey available state lands and other available lands for location of a centralized system. *
Committee:

Prison Centralization Commission, 41st R.S. (1929)

Title:

Report - Governor

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

S.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., 4th C.S. 1 (1930)

Description:

[3 pages File size: 161 kb]
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:

Joint Central Investigating Committee, 35th R.S. (1917)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Agriculture, Texas Department of | Attorney General of Texas | Bachelor's degrees | Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Courts | East Texas A&M University | Education Agency, Texas | General Land Office, Texas | Higher education | Highway Department, Texas State | Investment of public funds | Juvenile detention facilities | Legislative staff | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Office of the Governor | Prairie View A&M University | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons | Quarantines | Rabies | Railroad Commission of Texas | Sam Houston State University | Secretary of State, Texas | State agencies | State agency budgets | State land | State purchasing | Tarleton State University | Tax administration | Teacher training | Texas A&M University | Texas State University | Texas Woman's University | Treasury Department, Texas State | University of North Texas at Denton | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas at El Paso | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of | West Texas A&M University |

Library Call Number:

L1836.35 In8r / H.J. of Tex., 35th Leg., 4th C.S. 228 (1918)

Description:

[58 pages]

Charges:
1. To make a through investigation into the affairs of all departments of the state and every state institution. *
Committee:

House Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit State Prisons at Huntsville and Rusk, 35th R.S. (1917)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Inmate education | Prison labor | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 35th Leg., R.S. 884 (1917)

Description:

[4 pages File size: 111 kb]

Charges:
1. To visit the penitentiary and State farms of this State where the State prisoners are confined and worked, for the purpose of inquiring into the treatment, management, and control of such prisoners and the penal institutions of this State and to make a report of the same back to the House.
Committee:

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

Title:

Minority Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Organized labor | Prison labor | Prison officials | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 34th Leg., R.S. 447 (1915)

Description:

[2 pages]

Charges:
1. Visit penitentiaries at Huntsville and Rusk to investigate and provide information prior to considering a pending bill to create a new penitentiary system. *
Committee:

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

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Huntsville Unit | Organized labor | Prison labor | Prison officials | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 34th Leg., R.S. 439 (1915)

Description:

[9 pages]

Charges:
1. Visit penitentiaries at Huntsville and Rusk to investigate and provide information prior to considering a pending bill to create a new penitentiary system. *
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:

Senate Penitentiary Investigating Committee, 34th R.S. (1915)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Good-conduct time | Gubernatorial pardons | Huntsville Unit | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prison population | Prison violence | Prisons | Rusk State Penitentiary |

Library Call Number:

L1836.34 P938

Description:

[23 pages]

Charges:
1. Investigate business, financial, and commercial transactions of the Penitentiary system from January 1, 1913 to date.
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:

Joint Penitentiary System, Special, 33rd R.S. (1913)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Convict lease system | Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

L1836.33 P378

Description:

[432 pages File size: 29,390 kb]

Charges:
1. Investigate the financial record and financial transactions, and the general business conduct of the penitentiary system as far back as said committee, in its discretion, may deem advisable.
2. Make a report to the Governor, recommending such changes or reforms in the financial conduct of the penitentiary system as they may deem advisable, and shall report, in full, to the Governor all valuable pertinent information which they may be able to obtain with reference to the financial conduct of said penitentiary system.
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:

House Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiary at Rusk, 31st R.S. (1909)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Mining | Prison labor | Rusk State Penitentiary | Texas State Railroad |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 31st Leg., R.S. 569 (1909)

Description:

[4 pages File size: 177 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit and inspect the State penitentiary at Rusk.
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 Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Penitentiaries, 30th R.S. (1907)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

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

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 30th Leg., R.S. 1355 (1907)

Description:

[4 pages File size: 194 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the State penitentiaries at Huntsville and at Rusk, all farms, State or otherwise, where State convicts are held and worked, the State reformatory at Gatesville, and the camp or detention farm for female convicts near Huntsville, Texas; the duty of said sub-committee shall be to diligently inquire into the methods of handling and treatment of convicts in all such institutions, the condition of State properties in connection therewith and all such other matters pertaining to same as may be deemed proper, and make report to this House with their recommendations upon informaiton obtained.
Committee:

House Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Rusk Penitentiary, 28th R.S. (1903)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 28th Leg., R.S. 399 (1903)

Description:

[4 pages File size: 164 kb]

Charges:
1. To visit, inspect and investigate the iron industry in the Rusk Penitentiary to determine whether it should be improved and enlarged or discontinued.
Committee:

Joint State Investigating, 27th R.S. (1901)

Title:

Report and Proceedings of the State Investigating Committee, Provided for in SJR 1, 27th 2nd C.S. (investigation of state government including findings and testimony of Treasury Department, General Land Office, Comptroller's Office, various asylums, and other agencies, report on penitentiaries)

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1803.9 IN86 27T

Description:

[503 pages File size: 274,750 kb]
Committee:

House State Penitentiaries, 27th R.S. (1901)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 27th Leg., R.S. 673 (1901)

Description:

[4 pages File size: 129 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the state penitentiaries, diligently examine and inquire into their conditions and needs, and report to the House; may also make recommendations.
Committee:

House Penitentiaries and Convict Farms, Special, 25th R.S. (1897)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Inmates with mental illness | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 25th Leg., R.S. 741 (1897)

Description:

[4 pages File size: 209 kb]

Charges:
1. Visit the State Penitentiaries and convict farms and make a report. *
Committee:

Joint Penitentiaries, 23rd R.S. (1893)

Title:

State Penitentiaries

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 23rd Leg., R.S. 313 (1893)

Description:

[8 pages File size: 493 kb]

Charges:
1. Examine carefully and thoroughly into the condition and management of the institution, and to make a report of the same to the Legislature with suggestions for the benefit of the institution as the committee may deem necessary.
Committee:

Joint Penitentiaries, 19th R.S. (1885)

Title:

Majority and Minority Reports

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Convict lease system | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

LRL

Description:

[15 pages File size: 1,542 kb]

Charges:
1. To visit and examine carefully the condition, management and operations of the State penitentiaries, and make report therof to the Legislature, together with such suggestions and recommendations as they may deem fit and proper.
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:

[21 pages File size: 1,083 kb]

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. *
Committee:

House Huntsville Penitentiary, Select, 12th 1st C.S. (1870)

Title:

Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Correctional officers | Fiscal management | Huntsville Unit | Inmate rehabilitation | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prisons |

Library Call Number:

H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 593 (1871)

Description:

[10 pages]

Charges:
1. To proceed at once to Huntsville and fully examine into the financial operations, and all other matters pertaining to said institution, ... and that said committee are instructed to report changes necessary to remedy existing evils.

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

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