Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to T. L. Austin, May 12, 1982. Governor Clements writes to the Chairman of the Texas Board of Corrections expressing shock at locking the doors of the Texas prison system to incoming inmates. The governor says that the doors of the Texas Department of Corrections will be open on May 17, 1982, and solutions will need to be created to keep the doors open and the criminal justice system functioning properly.