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36 Document(s) [ Subject: County jails ]

Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, June 15, 2022 (Behavioral health services, treatment, and recovery options)
Subjects:	County jails | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation |
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Session:	87th R.S. (2021)
Online version:	View report [96 pages  File size: 10,909 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	For individuals in county jails and TDCJ facilities, or on community supervision or parole, examine: The availability of behavioral health services; and The current treatment and recovery options available for those who are experiencing withdrawal from drug or alcohol use. Make recommendations for best practices to address the needs of individuals requiring treatment. (Joint charge with Committee on County Affairs)
Committee:	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)
Committee:	House Defense and Veterans' Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	County jails | Homelessness | Mental health services | Military bases | Military Department, Texas | Senior citizens | Veterans | Veterans health care |
Library Call Number:	L1836.86 D361
Session:	86th R.S. (2019)
Online version:	View report [88 pages  File size: 5,049 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 86th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following: HB 1326, which is the sunset legislation for the Texas Military Department. Examine the Adjutant General's policy outlining the director of state administration's responsibility for state administrative interests across all programs, including evaluating procedures for oversight of state employees and mitigating compliance risks.
2.	Study the mental health treatment options available for all Texas veterans, including efforts to fill gaps left by federal government. Make recommendations for future legislation streamlining mental health treatment coordination among federal, state, and local agencies.
3.	Study the potential impact of eliminating Regional Military Sustainability Commissions as an ineffective tool in assisting Texas military installations and their host defense communities with protecting the missions, operations, readiness, and resiliency of military installations. Identify new and enhanced strategies to replace the Commissions with land use limitations or restrictions, regulatory strategies, annexation powers, contractual agreements, or other tools to preserve military use areas inside and outside municipal boundaries.
4.	Examine gaps in services and assess efforts to connect justice-involved veterans, senior citizens, and homeless populations to services while incarcerated and after release at both the local and state levels. Specifically, the committee should evaluate training and technical assistance provided by the Texas Veterans Commission to criminal justice agencies. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Corrections)
5.	Review the connection between the economic vitality of business and industry and the economic vitality of our military veterans transitioning into the workforce. Specifically, the committee should analyze barriers to military veterans transitioning from active duty to civilian life, the effectiveness of government transition and training benefits, and current and ongoing demand for veteran and military spouse employment from industry in Texas. (Joint charge with the House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development)
6.	Monitor the State Auditor's review of agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction. The Chair shall seek input and periodic briefings on completed audits for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years and bring forth pertinent issues for full committee consideration.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Bail | Child abuse | Child Protective Services | County jails | County roads | Court costs and fees | Criminal justice | Criminal records | Electronic security | Emergency management | Fees | Indigent health care | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Managed care | Medicaid | Mentally ill inmates | Mentally ill persons | Natural disasters | Police officers | Suicide |
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 C832
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [112 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review jail standards and procedures with regards to potentially mentally ill persons in county jails, as well as issues stemming from interactions between the general public and peace officers. *
2.	Study the effectiveness and efficiency of current programs in Texas as well as best practices to determine how to decrease the risk and mitigate the impact of wildfires, floods, and other natural hazards in the wildland-urban interface. Examine the duties, performance, and jurisdictions of water districts, municipalities, Emergency Services Districts, other similar districts, and state offices like the Fire Marshal and Extension Services. Evaluate current regulations and identify best practices. Recommend approaches for hazard mitigation and response to natural disasters. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Urban Affairs)
3.	Identify and address potential gaps in counties’ cybersecurity policies and ensure that personal information held by counties and other local governmental entities is secure.
4.	Evaluate the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to determine if the Commission has the resources and structure to provide sufficient oversight, regulation, and enforcement over Texas county jails.
5.	Review pretrial service and bonding practices throughout the state. Examine factors considered in bail and pre-trial confinement decisions, including the use of risk assessments; assess the effectiveness and efficiency of different systems in terms of cost to local governments and taxpayers, community safety, pretrial absconding rates and rights of the accused. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence)
6.	Study the implications and effects on law enforcement agencies and individuals that stem from the publication, republication, or other dissemination for public internet access of mug shots and other criminal history information regarding involvement of an individual in the criminal justice system.
7.	Study statutorily mandated services provided by sheriffs and constables, and determine whether fee schedules allow cost recovery without placing undue burdens on recipients of those services.
8.	Study the effect of Proposition 5 (SJR 17 (84R)) on the quality of private roadways in counties with a population of less than 7,500. Make recommendations to ensure the amendment does not result in undue competition between counties and private industry, and whether additional counties could benefit from a similar authorization.
9.	Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 84th 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.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, July 30, 2015 (Jail standards, procedures with regards to potentially mentally ill persons in county jails, and interactions between the public and peace officers)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [97 pages  File size: 9,387 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, September 15, 2015 (Jail standards and coordination among entities)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [37 pages  File size: 3,753 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, November 18, 2015 (Department of Public Safety racial coding, Jail standards, Screening forms and instructions for suicide and medical/mental/developmental impairments)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [114 pages  File size: 7,718 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, May 16, 2016, 10:00 A.M. (1115 transformation waiver, Child Protective Services)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [60 pages  File size: 16,566 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, June 10, 2016 (County cybersecurity, Child Protective Services)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [22 pages  File size: 822 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, July 7, 2016 (Child Protective Services, 1115 transformation waiver, County cybersecurity)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [55 pages  File size: 3,050 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, August 4, 2016 (Child Protective Services, Debtors prisons, 1115 transformation waiver)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [72 pages  File size: 14,626 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, August 29, 2016 (1115 transformation waiver, Child Protective Services, County cybersecurity, Bexar County justice-involved veterans unit)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [88 pages  File size: 10,919 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, September 20, 2016 (Department of Public Safety racial disparities; Waller County Sheriff's Office, Recommended police and jail practices)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [74 pages  File size: 11,569 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, November 16, 2016 (Department of Public Safety and criminal justice reform, Child Protective Services)
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Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View document [276 pages  File size: 31,098 kb]
Committee:	House Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Asset forfeiture | Bail | County jails | Family violence | Fees | Indigent criminal defense | Innocence projects | Parole | Probation | Protective orders | Technical parole violations |
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 C868
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [55 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the feasibility of utilizing GPS monitoring in protective orders as a tool to help reduce family violence; study programs and identify best practices focused on the intervention and prevention of family violence and consider statutory changes needed to further deter the offense of family violence and domestic abuse.
2.	Review pretrial service and bonding practices throughout the state. Examine factors considered in bail and pre-trial confinement decisions, including the use of risk assessments; assess the effectiveness and efficiency of different systems in terms of cost to local governments and taxpayers, community safety, pretrial absconding rates and rights of the accused. (Joint charge with the House Committee on County Affairs)
3.	Examine the use of asset forfeiture in this state, including data reporting on forfeiture actions and procedures from seizure through forfeiture in both contested and uncontested cases. Make recommendations for improving these systems that balance law enforcement needs, private property rights, and government transparency.
4.	Study the constitutional requirements and local practices for the appointment of counsel to indigent defendants and the operation of innocence projects at the state’s six public law schools. Compare different indigent defense plans and the innocence projects across the state and identify best practices for system management, including appointment methods and timing, cost effectiveness, timeliness of case disposition, compensation of counsel, quality of representation, and protection of procedural rights. Consider the effectiveness of each of the programs currently funded and the funding strategy as a whole.
5.	Examine fees and revocations for those on probation and parole; examine effectiveness of fees imposed as a condition of probation and parole; study technical revocations in adult probation to identify drivers of revocations, disparities across the state, and strategies for reducing technical revocations while ensuring program effectiveness and public safety. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Corrections)
6.	Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 84th 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:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Counties | County jails | Ebola | Emergency management | Homelessness | Hospitals | Jail population | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Managed care | Marijuana | Medicaid | Mental health services | Population growth | Specialty courts | Veterans |
Library Call Number:	L1836.83 C832
Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View report [106 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine population growth in Texas counties and the impact the growth has had on housing, available land resources, businesses in Texas, as well as the impact of growth on the state's economy. Evaluate Texas's preparedness to respond to future growth and ensure economic stability.
2.	Continue oversight of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and issues jails currently face, including the mental health of those in jail, and make recommendations for refinement or improvement of processes and programs.
3.	Monitor the health advisory panel stemming from HB 3793, 83rd R.S..
4.	Determine which counties have implemented a cite-and-summons policy, whether the policy has been effective in lessening overcrowding in county jails, and whether those cited by peace officers comply with the policy.
5.	Study the implementation of SB 462, 83rd R.S.. Examine which counties currently have veterans courts, as well as veterans courts in other states, and determine how those programs are working and whether these courts provide additional services or resources for veterans. Make appropriate recommendations. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs)
6.	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.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, May 5, 2014 (Texas Commission on Jail Standards and county jails, HB 3793 mental health advisory panel, cite-and-summons policy, oversight of healthy community collaboratives)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [102 pages  File size: 9,604 kb]
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, October 20, 2014 (Population growth, Texas Commission on Jail Standards and county jails, HB 3793 mental health advisory panel, emergency response preparedness/ebola)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [171 pages  File size: 12,739 kb]
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)
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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:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Border security | County jails | Criminal justice | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Disciplinary alternative education programs | Inmate rehabilitation | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Mentally ill inmates | Mentally ill persons | Municipal jails | Prisoner re-entry | State jail system | Substance abuse | Undocumented immigrants | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 C817
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [66 pages  File size: 29,320 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Explore the use of technology practices that improve efficiency, safety, and coordination of criminal justice activities on the state, local and county levels.
2.	Consider new strategies for meeting prisoner reentry challenges in Texas, including the evaluation of programs with documented success. This review should include the availability of housing and occupational barriers.
3.	Provide a comprehensive analysis and study of the Texas state jail system, including original intent for use, sentencing guidelines, and effectiveness. Develop suggestions for changes and improvements in the state jail system.
4.	Study the organizational structure of the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission to determine if the current system is effectively and efficiently addressing the needs of the juvenile justice system in conjunction with the sunset review of these agencies. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues.)
5.	Study Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs and Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs, including referral rates, age of students, whether parents have sufficient recourse to challenge a placement, funding, and course requirements. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues.)
6.	Review and research the availability, coordination, efficiency, and allocation of substance abuse treatment resources for probationers, pretrial defendants, people in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), and parolees. This review should include methods to reduce and improve current assessments, training, and referring protocols and the identification of any barriers that may be impeding all of the above. (Joint Interim Charge wit the House Committee on Appropriations.)
7.	Study policies and procedures related to illegal immigration and border security of the TDCJ, county probation departments, and local and county jail facilities, and make recommendations to improve coordination with international, federal, state and local authorities. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on County Affairs.)
8.	Assess the relationship between mental illness and criminal behavior and offer reforms needed to address the proliferation of mental illness in the adult and juvenile justice systems. This review should include an examination of data sharing between criminal justice and health and human services agencies, proper screening, assessments, treatment, discharge planning, post-release supervision, and community services. (Joint Charge with the House Committee on Appropriations.)
9.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2008 : a report to the House of Representatives, 81st Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Border security | County government | County jails | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Fireworks | Municipal government | Municipal jails | Undocumented immigrants |
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 C832
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [41 pages  File size: 3,936 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the issues surrounding the sale, use, and regulation of fireworks in urbanized, unincorporated parts of the county.
2.	Examine county procurement statutes to identify areas for increasing efficiency without sacrificing internal controls.
3.	Study policies and procedures related to illegal immigration and border security of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, county probation departments, and local and county jail facilities, and make recommendations to improve coordination with international, federal, state, and local authorities. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Corrections.)
4.	Examine recent attempts by municipalities to exert regulatory authority beyond city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Evaluate the current relationship between and possible conflicts related to regulatory authority expressly given to state agencies by the legislature and regulatory authority delegated to home-rule municipalities. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Land and Resource Management.)
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	After school programs | County jails | Crime prevention | Criminal Justice Advisory Council | Criminal Justice Policy Council | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Criminally insane | Disciplinary alternative education programs | Drug rehabilitation programs | Elderly inmates | Inmate education | Inmate health | Inmate rehabilitation | Inmates | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Mentally disabled inmates | Mentally ill inmates | Prison population | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | Sex offenders | State employee turnover | Windham School District | Women inmates | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 C817
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [150 pages  File size: 34,034 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the organizational structure of the department to determine if the current system is effectively and efficiently addressing the needs of all components of the criminal justice system in conjunction with the Sunset review of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in 2007.
2.	Examine the probation system and reforms debated during the 79th Legislature, including using strategies such as graduated sanctions and specialized courts for reducing revocations and recidivism. Study the organization and cost of our probation system and make recommendations about how to prioritize and strengthen general supervision.
3.	Evaluate the correctional health care systems in other states as they compare to the Texas health care system, with a focus on greater accountability and competition among providers.
4.	Assess the programming needs for special populations in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).
5.	Review the operation and organization of the Windham School District.
6.	Study the adequacy of the state accountability system in measuring the effectiveness of Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) based on academic performance, behavior modification and percentage of students referred to the juvenile justice system. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Public Education.)
7.	Study the effectiveness of prevention programs, such as after school programs, in reducing the actual indices of crime and the rate of young offenders entering the criminal justice system. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues.)
8.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's oversight and monitor the Governor's Judicial Advisory Council.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	County constables | County government | County jails | County treasurers | Fireworks | Inspector of hides and animals | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Land use regulations | Surveyors and surveying |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 C832
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [68 pages  File size: 11,008 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the advisability and probable impacts of creating a system of graduated ordinance-making authorities for counties with populations over one million based on population densities and unique geographic and environmental needs.
2.	Consider whether clarification or revision is needed to state statutes related to dormancy of office provisions and the abolition of local Constitutional offices.
3.	Review the penalties and enforcement challenges related to public safety and the sale of fireworks.
4.	Study cost drivers of county government functions.
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	County government | County jails | Crime prevention | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Justices of the peace | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Mentally disabled inmates | Municipalities | School dropouts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 c832
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [62 pages  File size: 2,748 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the cost of statutory county duties, including federal mandates, and the ability of county tax bases and fees to support such duties.
2.	Examine areas in which the state might beneficially devolve authority and programs to county governments. Assess the interest and ability of county governments to accept more authority.
3.	Examine ways that county governments, educational institutions, service organizations and local state agency offices may coordinate their efforts to address the problems of at-risk youth at the local level. Report on successful programs that might serve as models for others.
4.	Examine the extent to which city and county governments have voluntarily consolidated and streamlined operations through interlocal agreements. Determine the impediments to greater use of such agreements, and assess whether voluntary consolidation of operations should be a first-step before any further consolidation is permitted.
5.	Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Interim Report - Correctional institutions
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report, 77th Legislature : charge five.
Subjects:	County jails | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Inmate rehabilitation | Prison population | Prisons | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | State jail system | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 c868 5
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [44 pages  File size: 1,580 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Review the statutory purpose of all adult and juvenile correctional facilities, whether state, locally or privately owned or operated, to recommend any needed changes in the statutory description or purpose. The review shall include facilities that are considered alternatives to incarceration or that are used for geriatric care. The Committee shall consider whether state jails are adequately managed, if adequate sanctions are available for confinees who fail to participate in programming or who cause disciplinary problems, and how to ensure effective rehabilitation programs in facilities.
Committee:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	County jails | Inmate rehabilitation | Inmates | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Lawsuits | Prison population | Prison reform | Prisons | Recidivism |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 c817
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [65 pages  File size: 3,907 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study options for responding to the projected growth in the adult and youth inmate populations, to include construction of conventional beds, contract capacity, other types of permanent and temporary housing, and alternatives to incarceration.
2.	Assess the effects of the 1995 legislation to curb frivolous inmate lawsuits.
3.	Study traditional prison industries, including ways to expand useful inmate labor without creating unfair competition with private businesses or job and wage dislocations in the private sector.
4.	Review the employment practices, security measures, and other operations of county jails, municipal and county jails, and privately operated municipal and county jails housing inmates convicted of offenses in other states. Identify any particular problems associated with private operations or with acceptance of inmates for pay. (Joint with House Committee on County Affairs)
5.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	County government | County jails | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Population | Privately-operated prisons | Year 2000 computer problem |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 c832
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [44 pages  File size: 1,814 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review statutes with population limits to identify those that may need adjustment due to population changes.
2.	Review state laws governing county finance and budget practices and laws requiring the collection of fees. Determine the feasibility of simplifying or streamlining necessary statutes and eliminating unnecessary restrictions.
3.	Assess the preparedness of county governments to deal with the Year 2000 computer problems.
4.	Review the employment practices , security measures, and other operations of county jails, municipal and county jails, and privately operated municipal and county jails housing inmates convicted of offenses in other states. Identify any particular problems associated with private operations or with acceptance of inmates for pay. (Joint with House Committee on Corrections)
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	County government | County jails | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 c832
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [40 pages  File size: 892 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor and oversee legislation enacted during the 72nd Regular and Special Called Sessions that was considered by the County Affairs Committee; Performance Audit Review Recommendations; and any agency-inititated changes.
2.	Carry out budget and oversight responsibilities for all agencies, boards, and commissions listed in Rule 3, Section 6. A. Monitor and oversee documentation of salary increases. B. Verify the number and status of outcomes and outputs as identified in the Appropriations Bill (HB 1, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session). C. Review agencies' existing performance standards and determine whether new standards are needed.
3.	Study the delivery and coordination of government services by local units of government and report on the need and on ways to improve the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government operations.
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 73rd Texas Legislature / Senate Interim Committee on Criminal Justice.
Subjects:	County jails | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Drug rehabilitation programs | Family violence | Inmate rehabilitation | Medically recommended intensive supervision | Money laundering | Parole | Prison construction | Prison population | Prison reform | Probation | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Ruiz lawsuit | Searches and seizures | Stalking |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 c868s
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [270 pages  File size: 13,790 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	The Committee shall monitor the construction and location of additional prison beds authorized by HB 93, 72nd Legislature, 2nd Called Session.
2.	The Committee shall study and monitor the use of funds appropriated for the prison and criminal justice system.
3.	The Committee shall study and monitor the progress and impact of jail litigation in cooperation with the Attorney General's Office, including but not limited to HB 93, 72nd Legislature, 2nd Called Session.
4.	The Committee shall monitor and oversee legislation enacted during the 72nd Regular and Special Called Sessions that was considered by the Standing Committee on Criminal Justice including legislative mandates, all Performance Audit Review Recommendations, adopted or otherwise, and any agency-initiated changes. The Committee shall determine whether the programs that are the focus of study are functioning as planned.
5.	The Committee shall monitor implementation of sunset legislation.
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 Security and Sanctions
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Security & Sanctions, Texas House of Representatives, 67th [i.e. 66th] Legislature.
Subjects:	County jails | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Municipal jails | Ruiz lawsuit |
Library Call Number:	L1836.66 se26
Session:	66th R.S. (1979)
Online version:	View report [59 pages  File size: 2,151 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study issues associated with jail standards and conditions in Texas, including the operation and accomplishments of the Jail Standards Commission, the impact of Ruiz v. Estelle on county jails, possible future legal challenges, and issues for rural county jails. *
Committee:	House Accommodating the Insane, Provisions for
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report
Subjects:	Austin State Hospital | County jails | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Mentally ill persons | Racial discrimination | San Antonio State Hospital | Terrell State Hospital |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 34th Leg., 1st C.S. 441 (1915)
Session:	34th R.S. (1915)
Online version:	View report [1 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Inquire into and ascertain as to whether or not sufficient appropriation has been made and ample quarters provided for the properly caring for these insane of our state in a humane manner.
Committee:	Joint Travis County Jail, Select
Title:	Condition of the County Jail of Travis County
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	County jails | Travis County | Travis County Jail |
Library Call Number:	LRL
Session:	14th R.S. (1874)
Online version:	View report [8 pages  File size: 332 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	WHEREAS, The Daily Statesman in an editorial of the 6th inst.. makes statements and charges in regard to the condition of the county jail of Travis County, and the treatment of the prisoners confined therein, which, if true, are a great outrage upon the rights of persons and a disgrace to civilization.; and WHEREAS, Parties confined in the county jails are State prisoners, and should not be cruelly treated; therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of Representatives concurring, that a joint select committee of each House be appointed, three from each House, to inquire into the matters and things contained in said editorial relative to the county jail of Travis county, and to report thereon at as early day as practicable, recommending such legislation as may be necessary by bill or otherwise.

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

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