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Identifier: e_cle_004999
Title: Memo from Paul Wrotenbery to William P. Clements regarding Review of General Counsel Memorandum Texas Parole System, July 8, 1980
Description: Memo from Paul Wrotenbery to William P. Clements regarding Review of General Counsel Memorandum Texas Parole System: Recommended Administrative and Legislative Reform. Wrontenbery informs Governor Clements that his staff has reviewed the General Counsel Memo and recommended structural changes to the parole system. Those changes include: making Commissioners Board employees and giving the governor authority to select a chairman. His staff disagrees with the Ad Hoc Committee recommendations for community based alternatives to incarceration and merging the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Adult Probation Commission.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Office of General Counsel and Criminal Justice Division, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_001635
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Bill Clements, August 17, 1982
Description: Memo David Herndon to Bill Clements, August 17, 1982, regarding the possible pardon of Kenneth Malinowski
Page Count: 1
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Pardon, Sex crimes, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004981
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Paroles, November 24, 1980
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Paroles. The memo was prepared for the purpose of assisting the governor when asked questions regarding the Board and the governor's role in the parole process. While the governor had a high parole denial rate of 28 percent, the overcrowding issue is due to more people committing crimes and prison construction not keeping up with that pace.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001731
Title: Memo from Polly Sowell through Hilary Doran to William P. Clements regarding opening session to prisons, May 24, 1982
Description: Memo from Polly Sowell through Hilary Doran to William P. Clements regarding opening session to prisons, 24 May 1982. Polly recommends not opening the session to prisons as the Texas Department of Corrections will not speed up construction of new bed space but David Herndon thinks it must be included as long as the Texas Department of Corrections is willing to use the money to alleviate overcrowding issues.
Creator: Sowell, Polly, 1927-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Herndon, David
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, State governments, Property tax, Constitutional amendments
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Estelle v. Ruiz, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005002
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to Chief Justice Joe Greenhill regarding the Board of Pardons and Paroles, October 9, 1980
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to Chief Justice Joe Greenhill regarding the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Dean explains the establishment of a chairman, appointed by the governor, for the three members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, as an efficient way to designate a new chairman, rather than an attempt by the governor to increase his authority over the board.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Greenhill, Joe R.
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004440
Title: Memorandum from Walter O'Dell to David Herndon regarding review of Clemency Office procedures, June 30, 1982
Description: Memorandum from Walter O'Dell to David Herndon regarding review of Clemency Office procedures, June 30, 1982. O'Dell, the manager of the Special Audit Group, presents findings and recommendations for improvement and includes a flow chart illustrating office procedures.
Page Count: 8
Contributor: Herndon, David
Subject Name: Clemency Office, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Clemency
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005001
Title: Memo from Jim Kaster and Lee Biggart to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Parole Reorganization, September 12, 1980
Description: Memo from Jim Kaster and Lee Biggart to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Parole Reorganization. The plan to resolve conflict between the Parole Commissioners and the Board members should start with a legislative response of making a constitutional amendment to change the Commissioners to full Board members or create a Parole commission within the BPP and define their roles. Included is a draft of the Establishment of a Parole Commission.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Kaster, Jim, Biggart, Lee B. M.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005000
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Parole Board revisions, August 26, 1980
Description: Memo from General Counsel David A. Dean to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Parole Board revisions, August 26, 1980, with memo forwarded to Jim Kaster. Memo addresses statutory changes to Board appointees.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Kaster, Jim
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Appointment to office, Restitution, State governments--Officials and employees
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform