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Identifier: e_cle_005578
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements, White claim prison reform talk credit," April 18, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements, White claim prison reform talk credit," April 18, 1981.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Ellis, Virginia
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001168
Title: Report titled "Fact Sheet: Texas Prisoner Releases," undated
Description: Report titled "Fact Sheet: Texas Prisoner Releases," undated, regarding the prisoner release program and its impact on communities in Texas.
Page Count: 3
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prison furloughs
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"

Identifier: e_cle_005540
Title: Press release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., May 10, 1982
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., May 10, 1982. The press release is about Governor Clements' comment on the Texas Department of Correction's temporary admission freeze. Attached is a letter from Governor Clements to Ruben Torres about prison overcrowding and the Ruiz v. Estelle case.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013788
Title: Briefing for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference questions regarding Texas Board of Corrections, May 13, 1982
Description: Briefing for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference questions regarding Texas Board of Corrections, May 13, 1982. Includes a letter to TBC Chairman J.L. Austin expressing concern regarding the decision to close the doors of Texas prisons due to overcrowding. Also includes a revised construction schedule for expanding Texas prisons.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Austin, T. Louis, Jr.
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Press Conference, Prisons--Overcrowding, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005358
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements raps amnesty idea for prisoners," March 23, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements raps amnesty idea for prisoners," March 23, 1981, by the Associated Press, in the Houston Post. Governor William P. Clements, Jr., states his opposition to granting prisoners amnesty to relieve prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Alternatives to imprisonment, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005589
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements shows his pen-i-tent," May 8, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements shows his pen-i-tent," by Ann Arnold, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 8, 1981, regarding using army tents to relieve overcrowded prisons.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Arnold, Ann
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005611
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White asks for more time on prison reforms," September 30, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined ,"White asks for more time on prison reforms," by Saralee Tiede, Dallas Times Herald, September 30, 1981.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Tiede, Saralee
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_001056
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements wants to rid TDC of service veterans," June 10, 1986
Description: Huntsville Item clipping headlined, "Clements wants to rid TDC of service veterans," June 10, 1986, relating to Bill Clements' call for the resignation of all service veterans from the Department of Corrections, including director O. L. McCotter.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle