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41 Document(s) [ Subject: Correctional%20officers ]
| Committee: | House Business and Industry | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Child care | Coronavirus | Correctional officers | Electronic security | Emergency medical services | Firefighters | Homeowners' associations | Peace officers | Privacy | Retail industry | Theft | Unemployment | Unemployment benefits | Workers' compensation | Workforce Commission, Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.87 B964 | |
| Session: | 87th R.S. (2021) | |
| Online version: | View report [88 pages File size: 4,132 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 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:
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| 2. | Study workers’ compensation claims involving public safety employees described by SB 22, 87th R.S. This study should include an analysis of medical costs, return-to-work outcomes, utilization of care, satisfaction with care, and health-related functional outcomes. | |
| 3. | Study the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment trends, hurdles to workforce reentry, and industry-specific disruptions. | |
| 4. | Study the impact of organized retail crime on Texas businesses. Make recommendations for addressing the redistribution of stolen merchandise into the supply chain, including through online marketplaces, to protect Texas businesses and consumers. Make recommendations relating to transparency for online marketplaces and information that should be provided by sellers. | |
| 5. | Review operational changes and strategies employed by the Texas Workforce Commission to improve outcomes related to Unemployment Benefit Services, including application and payment processes, customer services, and fraud deterrence. | |
| 6. | Evaluate the overall state of data privacy and online consumer protections in Texas and study the related laws and legislative efforts of other states. Make recommendations to ensure consumer data protections and online privacy. | |
| Committee: | Senate Criminal Justice | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report to the 81st Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Capital murder trials | Child abuse | Correctional officers | Criminal justice | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Deferred adjudication | Drug trafficking | Homicide | Juvenile justice system | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Methamphetamine | Occupational licenses | Ombudsmen | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Police officers | Prison population | Prison security | Prisoner re-entry | Privately-operated prisons | Pseudoephedrine | Recidivism | Searches and seizures | Sex offenders | Substance abuse | Texas Code of Criminal Procedure | Theft | Youth Commission, Texas | Youthful offenders | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.80 C868 | |
| Session: | 80th R.S. (2007) | |
| Online version: | View report [113 pages File size: 13,967 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Determine how private prisons are complying with state laws and how cost, safety, living conditions and rehabilitative services at private prisons compare with state-run facilities. Include an assessment of the staff turnover rates and compensation of private contractors when compared with state-operated facilities, and of the contract bidding processes used by the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | |
| 2. | Monitor the implementation of SB 103, 80th R.S., and the continuing reforms to the Texas Youth Commission and the juvenile criminal justice system. Identify barriers to effective implementation and provide recommendations to ensure that the goals of this legislation are achieved. Provide recommendations relating to best practices and identify needed additional treatment programs for juvenile sex offenders. | |
| 3. | Study the impact of laws designed to reduce illegal drug use and make recommendations for reducing access to illegal drugs and for developing best practices for preventative programs, focusing on drugs targeted for the younger population, such as cheese heroin. Assess the impact of limiting access to pseudoephedrine, including the impact restrictions have had on illegal manufacturers' methods for producing methamphetamine. | |
| 4. | Monitor the implementation of the new and expanded programs provided to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) within the Fiscal Year 2008 and 2009 budget, and identify their impact on the criminal justice populations. Study security issues within TDCJ, including staffing issues, use of lock down procedures, the control and containment of infectious diseases and the introduction and control of contraband within the institutions. Review the use of career ladders for employees of TDCJ and issues surrounding the retention of professional corrections staff. Study the issues of independent oversight of TDCJ, including the use and effectiveness of the TDCJ ombudsman system. Provide recommendations for the reduction or elimination of barriers to an effective corrections system. | |
| 5. | Study and make recommendations for reducing the number of law enforcement officer deaths in the line of duty. This study should include:
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| 6. | Study the issue of criminal asset seizure and the use of seized and forfeiture funds by district attorneys and law enforcement agencies. Review the oversight of these matters by the Texas Attorney General and provide recommendations to improve the dissemination of information concerning these funds. Ensure that these funds have the appropriate accountability and fiscal controls required for public funds. | |
| 7. | Study the system of deferred adjudication in Texas courts and make recommendations for resolving any problems and reducing the potential for release of dangerous criminals. | |
| 8. | Study and recommend best practices for reducing re-victimization of child abuse victims associated with delay in resolution of criminal cases. Recommend options for reducing the time lapse between child victimization and criminal hearings. | |
| 9. | Review the processes for re-entry of criminal offenders into communities. Identify barriers to the successful return to law-abiding behavior, including the absence of employment opportunities created by restriction on obtaining certain state occupational licenses. Provide recommendations for improvements to our current statutes governing this matter. | |
| 10. | Study whether Articles 36.09 (relating to trying multiple defendants from the same transaction either separately or jointly) and 36.10 (relating to severing defendants that show prejudice from a joint trial) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure provide sufficient safeguards to ensure fair and reliable trial results in capital cases with multiple defendants. Determine whether the articles provide trial judges with sufficient instruction regarding joinder or severance of defendants and, if not, make recommendations to improve procedures. | |
| 11. | Study the relationship between the public mental health system and the criminal justice and civil courts systems, including the identification and sharing of information regarding mentally ill offenders, including minors, among criminal justice and mental health agencies, the courts, state hospitals, and the Veterans Administration. Study how current confidentiality laws impact the exchange of information among groups described above. Study the sentencing of mentally ill offenders compared to non-mentally ill offenders, including minors, and the affect that has on statewide prison capacity and on the health care provided to mentally ill offenders. (Joint Charge with Senate State Affairs Committee) | |
| 12. | Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Criminal Justice Committee, 80th R.S., and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, report on the implementation of SB 909, 80th R.S., the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Sunset legislation, including provisions relating to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and monitor implementation of the new laws relating to copper theft (SB 1154, 80th R.S., HB 1766, 80th R.S., and HB 1767, 80th R.S.). | |
| Committee: | Senate Criminal Justice | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Charge 3 | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report, 78th Legislature : charge three / Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. | |
| Subjects: | Correctional officer shortages | Correctional officers | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Good-conduct time | Inmate classification | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.77 c868 3 | |
| Session: | 77th R.S. (2001) | |
| Online version: | View report [28 pages File size: 1,115 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Monitor the implementation of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's revised inmate classification system; monitor TDCJ employee recruitment and retention efforts; review the good conduct time credit system used by TDCJ; and recommend changes, if any, needed in these areas. | |
| Committee: | Senate Criminal Justice | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Correctional personnel | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report, 77th Legislature : charge eight. | |
| Subjects: | Correctional officers | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Prison security | Prison violence | Youth Commission, Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.76 c868 8 | |
| Session: | 76th R.S. (1999) | |
| Online version: | View report [32 pages File size: 1,086 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | The Committee shall review efforts by the Commission on Jail Standards, the Juvenile Probation Commission, and the Youth Commission to monitor compliance with statutes and regulations designed to ensure the safety of security personnel and offenders. The Committee shall determine if current compliance measures and monitoring are adequate. Also a review of employment standards and adequate background checks shall be conducted to ensure safe operations of facilities and programs. The Committee also may consider methods used to employ and retain effective security personnel in adult and juvenile facilities operated by the Department of Criminal Justice and the Youth Commission. | |
| Committee: | House Law Enforcement | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Committee on Law Enforcement, Texas House of Representatives, 70th Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 70th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Correctional officer shortages | Correctional officers | Corrections, Texas Department of | Good-conduct time | Juvenile crime | Mentally disabled inmates | Mentally Retarded Offender Program | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison construction | Privately-operated prisons | Ruiz lawsuit | State employee turnover | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.69 l41 | |
| Session: | 69th R.S. (1985) | |
| Online version: | View report [63 pages File size: 2,201 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study alternative means of meeting the program needs of the mentally handicapped offenders incarcerated in Texas prisons in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Policy Council. | |
| 2. | Study the problem of morale and employee turnover at the Department of Corrections and the fiscal impact of this situation on the State. | |
| 3. | Conduct monthly monitoring of the Department of Corrections construction division including new construction and renovation contracts for Ruiz litigation; oversight of contract award process; identification and reporting of cost-overruns and inconsistencies in management reporting of projects. | |
| 4. | Study the feasibility of private corrections systems in meeting the criminal justice needs of Texas including an analysis of the financial incentives for private investors in relation to the legal liability for the State and an analysis of private corrections products for practicality and cost effectiveness, in conjunction with the Appropriations Committee. | |
| 5. | Study the impact of the Ruiz settlement on production and harvesting of Department of Corrections agriculture crops. | |
| 6. | Monitor the percentage of crime committed in Texas that is attributed to juveniles. | |
| 7. | Study the impact of flat time on the violence and work stoppage at the Department of Corrections in conjunction with the percentage of inmates serving flat time sentences. | |
| Committee: | Joint 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] | |
| Committee: | House Huntsville Penitentiary, Select | |
| Title: | Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | [Report]. | |
| Subjects: | Correctional officers | Fiscal management | Huntsville Unit | Inmate rehabilitation | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison labor | Prison officials | Prisons | | |
| Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 593 (1871) | |
| Session: | 12th 1st C.S. (1870) | |
| Online version: | View report [10 pages] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | To proceed at once to Huntsville and fully examine into the financial operations, and all other matters pertaining to said institution, ... and that said committee are instructed to report changes necessary to remedy existing evils. | |
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