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Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Arrest warrants | Border security | County budgets | County employees | County jails | Court costs and fees | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Disease preparedness | Family violence | Fines | Jail population | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Municipal jails | Municipalities | Operation Lone Star (Border security) | Parole | Prison population | Prisons | Probation | Quarantines |
Library Call Number:	L1836.87 C832
Session:	87th R.S. (2021)
Online version:	View report [31 pages  File size: 781 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the existing and anticipated populations in state prisons and city and county jails located near the Texas-Mexico border. Make recommendations for alleviating or addressing any increase or over-crowding that may result as well as any other particularized needs or circumstances that have arisen or could arise as a result of an increase in population in correctional facilities, including, but not limited to, intake capacity, adequacy of facilities and other health and safety considerations. Make recommendations to mitigate any associated costs borne by border counties and municipalities. (Joint charge with Committee on Corrections)
2.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following: HB 1545, 87th R.S., relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on Jail Standards; HB 1906, 87th R.S., relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in cases involving family violence; and HB 2073, 87th R.S., relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision.
3.	Study statutorily mandated services provided by sheriffs and constables and determine whether fee schedules are set at sufficient levels to allow for cost recovery without placing undue burdens on recipients of those services.
4.	For individuals in county jails and Texas Department of Criminal Justice 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 Corrections)
Supporting documents
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, June 14, 2022 (Monitor agencies and Programs, Implementation of HB 1545 and HB 1906)
Library Call Number:
Session:	87th R.S. (2021)
Online version:	View document [4 pages  File size: 85 kb]
Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Communicable diseases | Criminal justice | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Disease management | Disease preparedness | Disease prevention | Emergency management | Ex-offenders | Hot weather | Hurricane Harvey | Inmate lawsuits | Inmate sexual assaults | Natural disasters | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Prison Rape Elimination Act | Probation | Recidivism | Social workers | State jail system | Women | Women inmates | Youthful offenders |
Library Call Number:	L1836.85 C817
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View report [75 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the Texas Department of Criminal Justice response to Hurricane Harvey. Recommend any changes that could improve the operational stability of state criminal justice institutions following a natural disaster and changes that would allow for a more effective response.
2.	Examine the use of social workers and peer support specialists in the Texas criminal justice system to assist individuals on probation, on parole, or who have been discharged, in order to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes. Identify best practices and make recommendations for legislative action.
3.	Examine the current Texas criminal justice system policies and practices regarding 17- to 25- year-olds, specific to probation, parole, state jail confinement, and discharge from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or county jail. Review any gaps in services that may be causing this population to recidivate. Make recommendations to improve the state's response to the needs of this population in order to lower revocation, re-arrest, and re-incarceration rates.
4.	Examine treatment options, services, and programs available to women in institutional settings, on community supervision, on parole, and in community-based programs. Make recommendations for best strategies to address the needs of women in the Texas criminal justice system.
5.	Review the Texas state jail system. Examine its original intent, sentencing guidelines, effectiveness, and recidivism rates. Make recommendations for changes in the state jail system. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence)
6.	Study policies and protocols within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Examine when protocols are implemented and their efficacy in protecting the health and safety of inmates and state employees.
7.	Review assessments used by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and parole panels to determine an inmate's risk of recidivism for purposes of granting parole and the use of GPS technology to monitor offenders.
8.	Monitor Texas prison system heat-related litigation currently making its way through the courts. Monitor Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) compliance within Texas state and county criminal justice facilities.
9.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Counties | County budgets | County employees | Criminal justice | Emergency management | Flood control | Flooding | Hurricane Harvey | Infrastructure | Land use regulations | Mentally ill inmates | Natural disasters | Salaries |
Library Call Number:	L1836.85 C832
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View report [75 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine how emergency response activities are organized, funded, and coordinated. Review the impact of natural disasters on county finances. Identify any deficiencies in authority for the most populous counties related to infrastructure planning, emergency response, and recovery. Explore ways to improve efficiencies and manage costs while protecting public safety. Additionally, study the relationship between the state, counties, non-governmental organizations, and churches in preparing for and responding to Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath, and determine if preparedness plans are adequate.
2.	Evaluate whether counties have the necessary ordinance-making and enforcement authority to deal with flood risk in unincorporated rural and suburban areas of Texas. Additionally, examine whether counties have adequate resources and authority to ensure that new development in unincorporated areas is not susceptible to flooding.
3.	Study how counties identify defendants' and inmates' behavioral health needs and deferral opportunities to appropriate rehabilitative and transition services. Consider models for ensuring defendants and inmates with mental illness receive appropriate services upon release from the criminal justice system.
4.	Review the population limitations found in Local Government Code Section 154.041 and Local Government Code Section 113.047. Determine if counties with a population below 190,000 could benefit from the population limitations being removed.
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, August 23, 2018 (emergency response, county flood ordinances, inmate behavioral health needs)
Library Call Number:
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View document [174 pages  File size: 12,880 kb]
Committee:	Senate Finance
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alamo | Alternatives to incarceration | Appropriations bill riders | Business taxes | Criminal justice | Delinquent taxes | Disaster relief | Driver Responsibility Program | Economy | Emergency medical services | Federal aid | Federal funds | Fees | General Land Office, Texas | Hurricane Harvey | Interest rates | Juvenile justice system | Legislative Budget Board, Texas | Natural disasters | Personal property taxes | Probation | Rainy Day Fund | State budget certification | State budgets | Tax refunds | Texas Emissions Reduction Plan |
Library Call Number:	L1836.85 F49
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View report [64 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor all funds currently being used to address Hurricane Harvey relief and recovery. Identify ways to maximize the use of federal funds and ensure the efficient use of state funds.
2.	Evaluate the long-term impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Texas economy and the gulf coast region.
3.	Alamo Historical Site Renovation: Monitor the expenditures of state funds appropriated to the General Land Office for the preservation, maintenance, and operation of the Alamo historical site. Ensure the funds are spent to emphasize the architectural design and the historical impact the battle had on the development of Texas as a nation and as a state.
4.	Economic Stabilization Fund: Examine options to increase investment earnings of the Economic Stabilization Fund in a manner that mini mizes overall risk to the fund balance. Investment options should ensure the liquidity of a sufficient portion of the balance so that the legislature has the resources necessary to address the needs of the state, including natural disasters. Evaluate how the Economic Stabilization Fund constitutional limit is calculated; consider alternative methods to calculate the limit, and alternative uses for funds above the limit.
5.	Texas Emission Reduction Plan: Review the Texas Emission Reduction Plan (TERP) and its economic benefits to the state. Examine whether the state's investment in TERP, including transfers from the Department of Transportation, are being effectively utilized to comply with federal air quality standards, reduce pollution, and protect the public health of Texans.
6.	Request to Exceed Review: Review all riders requiring interim action by the Legislative Budget Board to reduce the number of times interim budget modification is necessary.
7.	Fee Structure Review: Review state General Revenue - Dedicated fees and make recommendations to reduce fees and lessen reliance on General Revenue - Dedicated fee balances to certify the budget.
8.	Adult and Juvenile Corrections Funding: Examine the funding patterns used to fund the juvenile justice system and adult probation departments. Develop recommendations to ensure the Texas Juvenile Justice Department budget does not dis-incentivize the use of cost-effective best practices such as diverting youth from the juvenile justice system, providing services to youth in their community, and keeping youth closer to home. In addition, review funding to adult probation departments and ensure it provides for an equitable distribution to all Texas Probation Departments.
9.	Trauma Funding: Review revenue sources currently funding the state's trauma system and the impact of declining revenues and balances in General Revenue - Dedicated accounts. Evaluate the impact of statutory changes affecting trauma system funding, including efforts to eliminate the Driver Responsibility Program. Examine ways to ensure sustainability of the trauma system in Texas.
10.	Property Tax on Business Personal Property: Evaluate the property tax as it applies to business personal property and the current $5oo exemption. Quantify the economic effect of taxing business personal property and determine whether the tax places Texas at a competitive disadvantage relative to other states. Evaluate the burden on taxpayers and local governments of administering the property tax on business personal property and determine whether the current $soo exemption should be increased.
11.	Interest Rate Disparity: Evaluate the rate of interest charged on delinquent property taxes and delinquent state taxes, compared to the rate of interest paid on property tax refunds and state tax refunds. • Evaluate the effect of interest rate disparity on the assessment decisions of governments and the payment decisions of taxpayers. • Quantify the amount by which state and local governments profit from interest rate disparity. • Identify best practices among other states regarding interest rates charged and paid. • Recommend a plan and timeline to reduce interest rate disparity.
12.	Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of the following funding initiatives: • CPS Critical Needs - Monitor the impact of salary increases and additional caseworkers allocated to Child Protective Services last interim. • Health Care Costs Across State Agencies - Monitor coordination efforts among state agencies to improve health care and reduce costs pursuant to Article IX, Section 10.06 and Section 10.07. • Behavioral Health - Monitor the state's progress in coordinating behavioral health services and expenditures across state government, pursuant to Article IX section 10.04, including the impact of new local grant funding provided by the 85th Legislatu re. • Sporting Goods Sales Tax - Identify state and local park needs and determine whether the Sporting Goods Sales Tax is meeting those needs.
Committee:	Senate Veteran Affairs and Military Installations
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | County government | Courts | Hazlewood Act | Mental health services | Military and veterans benefits | Military bases | State agencies | Suicide | Veterans | Veterans educational benefits | Veterans health care |
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 V641
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [59 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Strike Force, VA Health, Mental Health: Study the state of veteran health and mental health in Texas. Review the progress made by state strike force teams to reduce the claims backlog and decrease wait times at VA hospitals. Evaluate if the passage of the federal Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 and other state initiatives have improved access and outcomes. Determine if state strike force teams should continue as established and make recommendations on necessary changes.
2.	State Veteran Employment: Study current veteran hiring policies among state agencies and consider the effectiveness of a percentage-based system. Make recommendations if there are other ways to equitably measure the success of veteran employment within an agency.
3.	Veteran Benefits: Given pending litigation on the subject, study what veteran benefits, if any, are currently only offered to residents of the state of Texas-whether by being born here or by entering the service in Texas--and assess whether any of these additional benefits leave the state liable for lawsuits under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Make recommendations for legislation that could reduce the state's liability.
4.	Veterans Courts: Study successes and challenges of veteran’s courts in Texas, including evidence of rehabilitation or recidivism. Consider alternative means of funding, such as voluntary donations at points of contact with state services, and make recommendations.
5.	Defense Adjustment Authorities, Compatibility Use, and Encroachment: Consider best practices for improving the military value at military installations in Texas. Determine cost-effective policies and make recommendations that would strengthen military value.
6.	Monitoring Charge: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations during the 84th R.S. and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: 1) Monitor the implementation of legislation relating to the qualifications of veteran county service officers, and make recommendations if further changes should be made.
Committee:	House Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Children's mental health | Criminal records | Deferred adjudication | Inmate rehabilitation | Internet | Jail population | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Juveniles certified as adults | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Parole | Prisoner re-entry | Probation | Public information | Recidivism | Restorative justice | Rules of the Texas House of Representatives | State jail system | Statutory revision | Substance abuse | Texas Penal Code | Vandalism |
Library Call Number:	L1836.83 C868h
Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View report [82 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the classification of 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system of Texas.
2.	Study the effectiveness of deferred adjudication and orders for non-disclosure in spite of the many exceptions to the statute. Study extending the use of expunction of criminal records history and non-disclosures to certain qualified individuals with low-level, non-violent convictions. Examine the statutorily allowed but underused non-disclosure and expunction of criminal records, and the use of deferred adjudication.
3.	Study the impact of SB 1289, 83rd R.S.. Examine the sale of criminal histories that may be erroneous as well as the lasting impact that arrest records have on individuals who are arrested but not charged or convicted. Assess the need for revision of existing statutes and consider designating an agency responsible for regulating entities involved in the industry.
4.	Examine the association between co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders and parole revocation among inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Review current policies and procedures for incarcerating individuals with a dual mental health diagnosis in both state and county correctional facilities and examine potential remedies within the State's criminal justice system to ensure that the public is protected and that individuals with a mental health diagnosis receive a continuum of mental health services. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Corrections)
5.	Examine the current pecuniary loss thresholds associated with graffiti offenses. Study the costs of enhancing the penalties associated with the offense of graffiti, as well as a study of pretrial diversion programs that exist in other states and are specific to persons convicted of graffiti offenses. Study the existing Graffiti Abatement Programs in Texas.
6.	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. Study the existing use of the Rule of Lenity and Mens Rea requirements in Texas and the benefit of codifying both of these standards.
7.	Examine the utilization of community supervision in state jail felonies and the effectiveness of the state jail in light of its original purpose.
8.	Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 83rd Legislature. In conducting this oversight, the committee should: a. consider any reforms to state agencies to make them more responsive to Texas taxpayers and citizens; b. identify issues regarding the agency or its governance that may be appropriate to investigate, improve, remedy, or eliminate; c. determine whether an agency is operating in a transparent and efficient manner; and d. identify opportunities to streamline programs and services while maintaining the mission of the agency and its programs.
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Driving while intoxicated | Elderly inmates | Felonies | Inmate health | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Mentally ill inmates | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Probation | Texas Penal Code | Theft | Youthful offenders |
Library Call Number:	L1836.83 C868
Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View report [85 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
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 County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Abandoned property | Alternatives to incarceration | Councils of government | County budgets | County government | County jails | County roads | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Medicaid |
Library Call Number:	L1836.82 C832
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View report [13 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study county-related issues arising from population growth in unincorporated areas with regard to existing and new developments and the provision of services, including garbage disposal, fire protection, road maintenance, electricity, and water and wastewater service. Make necessary legislative recommendations for improving problems in these areas of the state.
2.	Study opportunities for cost savings through the abolishment of certain elected offices or the consolidation of county services.
3.	Conduct a general study of issues facing county jails. The study should include innovative ways to address overcrowding, the impact homelessness has on the county jail population, and recommendations for handling inmates undergoing detoxification and withdrawal from drugs and alcohol.
4.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, July 17, 2012 (Population growth, consolidation of county services, county jails)
Library Call Number:
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View document [152 pages  File size: 10,914 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, September 18, 2012 (Population growth, county jails, Texas Healthcare Transformation Waiver and Quality Improvement Waiver update)
Library Call Number:
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View document [53 pages  File size: 3,859 kb]
Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | County jails | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Municipal jails | Prison population | Prisoner re-entry | Prisons | Probation | Recidivism | Women inmates | Youth Commission, Texas | Youthful offenders |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 C817
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [120 pages  File size: 1,618 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine implementation of the diversion pilot programs, juvenile case management system, and other policy and funding initiatives to determine whether the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and the Texas Youth Commission have adhered to legislative directive in implementing these programs, and the impact of these programs on commitments at the Texas Youth Commission. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Appropriations
2.	Study and evaluate the availability and efficiency of community-based corrections supervision and treatment programs and their impact on prison capacity and recidivism rates. Determine whether the supervision and treatment programs have been designed in accordance with evidence-based practices and whether adequate evaluation methods have been incorporated.
3.	Study current re-entry programs and procedures across the juvenile and adult criminal justice continuum. Make recommendations to ensure that offenders who are released or discharged have the necessary supervision and access to employment, housing, treatment, and other support programs to allow successful entry and integration into the community. Evaluate the working relationship between state agencies facilitating re-entry and make recommendations on how to achieve greater efficiency and cost savings.
4.	Examine policies and programs designed to identify, divert, and enhance the supervision and treatment of special needs offenders within local jails and state correctional facilities. Recommend changes to address appropriate alternatives to incarceration or institutionalization.
5.	Review the range of services provided to females in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and recommend changes to ensure responsiveness to gender-specific issues. Review should include institutional and community supervision programs and utilization of correctional facilities that house nonadjudicated populations.
6.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 82nd Legislature / Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Subjects:	Alcohol-related deaths | Alternatives to incarceration | Blood alcohol concentration | Child abuse | Child sexual abuse | Community notification of sex offenders | Concealed weapons | Crime laboratories | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | DNA testing | Driving while intoxicated | Forensics | Indigent criminal defense | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Juvenile detention facilities | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Municipal jails | Prison security | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Recidivism | School discipline | Sex offender registration | State Health Services, Texas Department of | Texas Fair Defense Act | Witnesses | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 C868
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [115 pages  File size: 3,355 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the efficiency and fairness of the current sexual offender registry system and make recommendations to improve the system, if necessary. Study the issue of compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, focusing on the associated costs to the state and the punishment of juveniles. Examine the risk assessment tools used to measure the likelihood of recidivism of sexual predators.
2.	Review statistics regarding the crime of driving while intoxicated, including accident statistics, alcohol-related deaths and injury, and other impacts on the community. Examine enforcement options used nationwide to deter driving under the influence and make recommendations to reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities and accidents in Texas.
3.	Review the performance of the Fair Defense Act and the Task Force on Indigent Defense. Study key outcomes of the law, including: appointment rates in felony and misdemeanor cases; state and county indigent defense expenditures; attorney caseloads; attorney compensation; access to investigators and experts; and overall quality of counsel for the indigent. Examine the Task Force on Indigent Defense's effectiveness in monitoring and enforcing standards and design strategies to improve the delivery of services for indigent defense, including timing of the appointment of counsel, the use of the appointment wheel and the monitoring of workloads and performance of attorneys.
4.	Study and make recommendations related to municipal jails and other detention facilities that operate without state agency oversight. Identify the number of such facilities and the population detained, as well as best practices for municipal jails. Make recommendations to improve services and consider options for oversight of facilities by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
5.	Review the detention of juvenile offenders in local jails, state jails, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison units by examining conditions of confinement, including quality of education, mental health treatment and medical services, rehabilitative treatment, and equality of access to services for young female inmates. Review access to administrative and inspector general grievances in TDCJ facilities. Make recommendations for improving the system and reduce recidivism of juvenile offenders.
6.	Study and make recommendations to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of testing done in Texas forensic laboratories, including DNA and blood/alcohol testing. Assess and make recommendations for improving the capacity of Texas criminal laboratories to process evidence, identify ways to reduce the backlog of DNA evidence processing, identify ways to encourage qualified applicants for crime lab jobs, ensure adequate training for new crime lab technicians, ensure the availability of efficient crime lab processing to all regions of the state, and determine the impact of additional collection requirements on the capacity of Texas crime labs to process evidence. Consider the costs and benefits of creating a statewide crime lab.
7.	Assess how the Commission on Jail Standards, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Criminal Justice, and Department of State Health Services are working together to identify defendants with mental health issues, notify magistrates when defendants have been identified and, where appropriate, provide crisis stabilization services to defendants. Monitor legislation passed by the 81st Legislature for mental illness and make recommendations for any needed improvements to improve mental health services and reduce recidivism.
8.	Study and evaluate the success of juvenile probation pilot programs aimed at community-based diversion of youth from Texas Youth Commission facilities. Make recommendations for needed legislative action and additional programs to increase the number of delinquent youth successfully rehabilitated in their home communities.
9.	Consider the impact that secondary education school disciplinary laws and policies have on the juvenile justice system and the adult prison system. Recommend changes, if needed, to current law.
10.	Evaluate the usage of current Texas practices for facilitating the fair and accurate courtroom testimony of children and reducing the trauma associated with testifying, particularly for children who are victims of sexual abuse. Specifically consider recent efforts and trends across the nation to develop best practices, including "court orientation" programs, and ensure that courtrooms are more child friendly and accommodating for young victims to reduce the trauma associated with testifying in court while ensuring that fair and accurate information is solicited from the child as a witness.
11.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Study the impact of certain provisions in the 2009 DPS Sunset bill on the timely processing of concealed handgun license applications and the issuance of licenses. Monitor and make recommendations, if needed, on actions by TDCJ to improve security and reduce contraband.
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Senate Criminal Justice Committee interim report to the 79th Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Drug courts | Identity theft | Law Enforcement, Texas Commission on | Parole | Police departments | Police officers | Prison population | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | Technical parole violations | Underage drinking |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 C868
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [95 pages  File size: 643 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study identity theft and its effects, and the impact of recent legislation addressing the issue (HB 2138, 78th R.S., SB 473, 78th R.S., and SB 566, 78th R.S.). Make recommendations for enhancing the Texas' ability to implement effective programs to prevent identity theft. Monitor federal legislation regarding identity theft to ensure that state and federal laws are complementary and make recommendations for improvements.
2.	Study and identify best practices for probation and community supervision programs including: the Community Justice Assistance Division; local probation management structure; the use of Drug Courts and the courts' impact on recidivism; programs to reduce underage drinking; mental health issues and continuity of care; use of the Community Supervision Tracking System (CSTS) and other data issues related to Criminal Justice information system components; and the implementation of HB 2668, 78th R.S.. Make recommendations for legislative changes to achieve best practices.
3.	Study the management efficiency and organizational structure of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including implementation of recent restructuring by the TDCJ Board, and make recommendations on additional improvements, including possible consolidation of agency functions and other cost saving measures.
4.	Study the use and effectiveness of current parole guideline policies and make recommendations for changes to improve the policies. Develop innovative options that improve efficiency and enhance safe and effective correctional policy.
5.	Study and make recommendations relating to improving the use of specialized police agencies and officers, specifically, the necessity, accountability, qualifications, and jurisdictions of such police agencies.
6.	Review the Crime Victims Compensation Fund (Fund), including state and local competition, use in state agency methods of finance, evaluation of grant programs, possible diversion of funds from crime victims as a result of prior legislation, and whether the Fund meets the objectives of its authorizing legislation.
7.	Study the number of foreign citizens serving sentences in Texas prisons, including information relating to prison terms, recidivism, and types of offenses. Make recommendations for reducing the costs of providing prison services for this population, including leveraging of federal immigration funds and possible international agreements to pay home countries to transfer the prisoners to their respective countries to serve the remainder of their terms.
8.	Study and make recommendations concerning the cost effectiveness and efficiency of private prisons, including private services performed at state-owned prisons.
Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2002 : a report to the House of Representatives, 78th Texas Legislature.
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
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [40 pages  File size: 255 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
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
Title:	Interim Report - Charge 1
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report, 78th Legislature : charge one / Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Drug rehabilitation programs | Inmate rehabilitation |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 c868 1
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [19 pages  File size: 816 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Review available rehabilitation programs that provide alternatives to incarceration for non-violent, drug-dependent offenders to determine their effectiveness, and recommend for further use any suitable community-based programs that safely reduce recidivism among such offenders.
Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature.
Subjects:	Adult Probation Commission | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | County jails | Criminal justice | Electronic monitoring of offenders | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Probation |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 c817
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [39 pages  File size: 1,538 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study the development of reliable statistics involving the entire criminal justice system capable of tracking individuals throughout all local and state components of the system.
2.	To study shock probation and intensive supervision programs involving electronic monitoring.
3.	To study sentencing practices in Texas and the feasibility of uniform sentencing guidelines for felony offenses with consideration of sentencing factors on the population of TDC and local jails, and on the costs of confinement.
4.	To study areas for establishment of regional correctional facilities.
Committee:	House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the House Select Committee on Sentencing and Recidivism, 70th Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature.
Subjects:	Adult Probation Commission | Alcoholism | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | Crime victims | Criminal justice | Drug rehabilitation programs | Inmate rehabilitation | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison population | Probation | Substance abuse |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 se59
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [32 pages  File size: 1,059 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Undertake a comprehensive study of state laws and procedures regarding sentencing and probation, the operation of correctional facilities, and parole and other supervised release.
2.	Examine how the various state agencies involved in alcoholism and substance abuse treatment are coordinating their efforts with the criminal justice system at the state and local level to reduce recidivism.
3.	Monitor implementation of provisions of the sunset renewal acts for the Texas Department of Corrections, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Adult Probation Commission
4.	Review current laws relating to sentencing and recommend a revised sentencing structure that takes into account prison and jail overcrowding and current and projected rates of recidivism.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select
Title:	Interim report - Outline of revised system
Library Catalog Title:	Outline of revised Texas sentencing system.
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 se59o
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [56 pages  File size: 2,558 kb]
Committee:	House Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	To the Speaker and members, Texas House of Representatives, 69th Legislature: report / of the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | At-risk youth | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison population | Prison reform | Probation | Recidivism | Runaway children | Statutory revision | Texas Code of Criminal Procedure | Truancy | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.68 j979cr
Session:	68th R.S. (1983)
Online version:	View report [126 pages  File size: 3,747 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To oversee the expenditure of the $3 million appropriations to the Texas Education Agency earmarked for a program designed to keep trouble students, truants, etc. enrolled in a classroom situation. To follow the guidelines set up by TEA for the participating school districts.
2.	To track the prison reform measures and see how they are being implemented, To determine the benefits derived from these measures, both in terms of recidivism and in terms of monetary savings.
3.	To study the need/benefits of raising the jurisdictional age of TYC to age 21 from age 18 for certain instances when keeping the child past the age of 18 would be beneficial to child and/or society.
4.	To look into alternative programs for youths who have committed status crimes, i.e.. truancy, running away from home, etc. To find alternatives to sentencing in TYC facilities for property offenders, as well as some minor non-property offenders.
5.	To devise a policy to keep the Texas Penal Code standardized, so that specific crimes do not have separate forms of sentencing.
6.	Study the need to reform the charging instrument in Texas; consider whether the state should be allowed to prosecute crimes other than capital offenses on the basis of an information rather than an indictment issued by a grand jury. *
7.	Make recommendations regarding the non-substantive changes to the probation and parole laws currently found in Articles 42.12 and 42.13 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. *
Committee:	House Law Enforcement
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	To the Speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 69th Legislature : report / of the Committee on Law Enforcement, House of Representatives, State of Texas, 68th Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Halfway houses | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Probation | Restorative justice | Rural issues |
Library Call Number:	L1836.68 l41
Session:	68th R.S. (1983)
Online version:	View report [56 pages  File size: 1,216 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To have oversight of the pre-parole program.
2.	To have oversight of the restitution center program.
3.	To monitor activities of the Board of Pardons and Paroles including rate of paroles and rate of releases under mandatory supervision.
4.	To study alternatives to the current system with respect to 15 and 16 year old juveniles who commit serious felonies.
5.	To study judicial sentencing and advisory sentencing guidelines.
6.	To study rural law enforcement problems.
7.	To study problems created for area residents in and around halfway houses which receive contractual monies from the budget of the Texas Department of Corrections and recommend.
Committee:	Joint Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report / of the Committee on Criminal Justice System of Texas, the Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | At-risk youth | Crime prevention | Criminal justice | Inmates | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Mentally disabled inmates | Mentally ill inmates | State agencies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 c868
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [24 pages  File size: 1,014 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
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.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim
Title:	HCR 119
Library Call Number:	HCR 119
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View document [6 pages  File size: 2,586 kb]
Committee:	House Security and Sanctions
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Security and Sanctions, Texas House of Representatives, 67the Legislature.
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
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [92 pages  File size: 2,508 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
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:	Senate State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Legislative options in response to crowding in the Texas prisons / staff report of the Senate Committee on State Affairs.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Prison population | Prison reform | Ruiz lawsuit |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 l521
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [73 pages  File size: 2,440 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study legislative options for responding to crowding in Texas prisons. *
Committee:	Senate Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Senate of the 66th Legislature of Texas on Interim Studies / by the Jurisprudence Committee of the Texas Senate.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Courts | Damage awards | Halfway houses | Liability | Peace officers | Police misconduct | Police officers | Railroad crossings |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 j979r
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [122 pages  File size: 4,327 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the advisability of establishing community-based programs and facilities in this state as an additional alternative to incarceration in the state prison.
2.	Study, assess, and evaluate the dangers posed by railroad grade crossings.
3.	Conduct a study of product safety and liability problems in the State of Texas.
4.	Study the court administration in Texas. Recommend ways to make the court system more efficient and effective. *
5.	Study the adequacy of current laws to prevent the abuse of power by peace officers. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Jurisprudence
Title:	Miscellaneous Bills in Committee
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1803.9 J979 65
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View document [8 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Final report of the Joint Committee on Prison Reform of the Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | Correctional officers | Corrections, Texas Department of | Criminal justice | Inmate classification | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Mentally disabled inmates | Mentally ill inmates | Parole | Prison labor | Prison population | Prison reform | Prisons |
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938r 1974
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View report [102 pages  File size: 6,356 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
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.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Building tender system : supplemental report : working paper
Library Catalog Title:	Building tender system : supplemental report : working paper / submitted to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform by John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938wb
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [5 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Custody and security working paper.
Library Catalog Title:	Custody and security working paper / submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform by Wayne Oakes.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938wc
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [10 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Inmate living conditions : housing supplemental report : working paper
Library Catalog Title:	Inmate living conditions : housing supplemental report : working paper / submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform by John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938wl
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [23 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report on investigation of the Gatesville incident
Library Catalog Title:	Report on investigation of the Gatesville incident / Wayne Oakes, William K. Kimble.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938g
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [8 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report on Joint Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	Report on Joint Committee on Prison Reform / Nancy Tarlton.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938iy
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [6 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report on investigation of incident at Ramsey I
Library Catalog Title:	Report on investigation of incident at Ramsey I, Thursday, November 8, 1973 / Wayne Oakes, John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938ir
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [6 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Letter concerning discharge or TYC employee
Library Catalog Title:	[Letter concerning discharge or TYC employee] / Nancy Tarlton.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938y
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [7 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform / Nancy Tarlton.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938gm
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [5 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Events leading up to today's meeting
Library Catalog Title:	Events leading up to today's meeting / Wayne Oakes.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938h 12/6/1973
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [6 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Proposed outline for prison study
Library Catalog Title:	Proposed outline for prison study / John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938po
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [3 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Research literature
Library Catalog Title:	Research literature / John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938b
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [2 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Future policy toward incarceration
Library Catalog Title:	[Future policy toward incarceration].
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938p
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [2 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Housing working paper
Library Catalog Title:	Housing working paper / submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform by Erasmo Andrade.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938WH
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [51 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Inmate living conditions supplemental report
Library Catalog Title:	Inmate living conditions supplemental report / submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform by Wayne Oakes.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938WLO
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [3 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Labor and industry : working paper
Library Catalog Title:	Labor and industry : working paper / submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform by Val Mendoza.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938WPL
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [36 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Measurements of recidivism
Library Catalog Title:	Measurements of recidivism for the Joint Committee on Prison Reform.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938m
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [41 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Parole : working paper
Library Catalog Title:	Parole : working paper / submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform by Mary Ann Beaty-Arnold.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938WPP
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [96 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Press releases
Library Catalog Title:	Press releases.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [18 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Progress reports of the Joint Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	[Progress reports of the Joint Committee on Prison Reform]
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938rp
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [8 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Project proposal : a study of the Texas Department of Corrections
Library Catalog Title:	Project proposal : a study of the Texas Department of Corrections / Joint Committee on Prison Reform.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938pp
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [14 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform / Nancy Tarlton.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938gr
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [7 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform / Erasmo Andrade.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938WV
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [6 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Suggested topics for legislation
Library Catalog Title:	Suggested topics for legislation.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938s
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [3 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	The Coffield Unit : a new prison for Texas
Library Catalog Title:	The Coffield Unit : a new prison for Texas / submitted to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform by James Blume, Paul Keeper, John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938w
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [23 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Transactional interview
Library Catalog Title:	Transactional interview
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938TO
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [106 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Working papers
Library Catalog Title:	Working papers submitted to Joint Committee on Prison Reform / by committee staff.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938wp
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [676 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Meeting with Ron Jackson, Acting Director of the Texas Youth Council
Library Catalog Title:	Meeting with Ron Jackson, Acting Director of the Texas Youth Council / John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938yp
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [1 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Testimony of W.J. Estelle, Jr.
Library Catalog Title:	Testimony of W.J. Estelle, Jr. director of Department of Corrections.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938te
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [52 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	The Texas Department of Corrections
Library Catalog Title:	The Texas Department of Corrections / Wyane Oakes.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938wd
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [10 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Ellis Unit
Library Catalog Title:	Ellis Unit / John Albach.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938re
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [8 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Survey of prisoner correspondence as of August 15, 1974
Library Catalog Title:	Survey of prisoner correspondence as of August 15, 1974 / Joint Committee on Prison Reform.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938su
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [2 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	[Letter to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	[Letter to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform] / Delmar L. Watson.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938T
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [7 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform of the Texas Legislature
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Joint Committee on Prison Reform of the Texas Legislature.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p938cr 1974
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [116 pages]
Committee:	Joint Prison Reform
Title:	Report to the 63rd Leg. Joint Committee on Prison Reform of the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Prison Reform
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 63rd Leg. Joint Committee on Prison Reform / Citizen's Advisory Committee on Prison Reform
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 P938cr
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [205 pages]

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