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46 Document(s) [ Subject: Corrections, Texas Department of ]

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:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report on prison industries / Senate Committee on Criminal Justice.
Subjects:	Corrections, Texas Department of | Prison labor | Prison reform |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 c868p
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [47 pages  File size: 1,893 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the prison industries program operated by the Texas Department of Corrections. The study will include, but not be limited to, the issues of program efficiency, the desirability of providing nominal wages to inmate workers, job training opportunities, and tax incentives to encourage businesses to contract the with department for the production of goods presently being manufactured or assembled outside the United States for American consumption.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Prison industries: Statutory framework
Library Catalog Title:	Texas prison industries : the statutory framework.
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 c868pi
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [22 pages  File size: 946 kb]
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	SR 141, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S.
Library Call Number:	SR 141
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [2 pages  File size: 403 kb]
Committee:	House Government Organization
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the House Committee on Government Organization : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature.
Subjects:	Adult Probation Commission | Commerce, Texas Department of | Corrections, Texas Department of | Human Services, Texas Department of | International trade | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Private Security Bureau, Texas | State of Texas Mexico Office | Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas | Sunset review process | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 g746
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [38 pages  File size: 1,349 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards, and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 14.
2.	To study the Department of Human Services in order to determine cost savings measures through administrative reorganization.
3.	To study and monitor the implementation of selected recommendations contained in Sunset legislation passed by the 70th Legislature to determine their administrative and operational efficiency.
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 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:	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:	House Social Services
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Proposals and recommendations of the Committee on Social Services, 65th Legislature, 1977-79.
Subjects:	Blind, Texas Commission for the | Corrections, Texas Department of | Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Texas Commission for the | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Rehabilitation Commission, Texas | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 SO13
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [42 pages  File size: 1,416 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Oversight responsibilities of agency expenditures and related transactions. This function shall encompass a review and monitoring of all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 65th Regular Session of the Legislature, to wit: Commission on Alcoholism Commission for the Blind Commission for the Deaf Texas Rehabilitation Commission Texas Youth Council Department of Corrections Commission on Jail Standards Governor Committee on Visually Handicapped
Committee:	House Social Services
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the House Committee on Social Services to the Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Texas Commission on | Blind, Texas Commission for the | Corrections, Texas Department of | Deaf and hard of hearing | Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Texas Commission for the | Early childhood intervention | Juvenile justice system | Long-term care | Medical screening | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Prison population | Rehabilitation Commission, Texas | Senior citizens | Visually impaired persons |
Library Call Number:	L1836.64 so13
Session:	64th R.S. (1975)
Online version:	View report [69 pages  File size: 2,443 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the delivery of social services to the elderly, the hearing impaired, and to young children. *
2.	Oversee the operations of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, the Commission for the Blind, and the Commission on Alcoholism. *
3.	Oversee the operations of the Texas Youth Council. *
4.	Review potential responses to increasing prison populations. *
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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