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Identifier: e_cle_005150
Title: Memos from Johnny R. McCollum regarding Texas Department of Corrections Overcrowding, September 1981
Description: Memos from Johnny R. McCollum regarding Texas Department of Corrections overcrowding, September 1981. McCollum's file memo of September 29, 1981, summarizes his actions to avoid the Texas Department of Corrections reaching capacity. Related memos of September 23 and September 25 to Ruben Torres, John Onion, and Texas Supreme Court Judge Joe Greenhill outline the TDC's overcrowding problem and describe possible solutions.
Page Count: 7
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R., Whatley, Willis, J.
Contributor: Greenhill, Joe R., Torres, Ruben
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_004379
Title: Group of documents regarding the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System, 1982
Description: Group of documents regarding Governor Clements' Blue Ribbon Commission on Criminal Justice, June 1982. Includes agenda for first commission meeting, on or about July 5, 1982; and a memorandum from the Governor's Budget and Planning Office requesting suggestions for meeting, June 29, 1982.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Lipshy, Bruce
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, State governments--Officials and employees, Prisons administration, Litigation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005610
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White, Justice officials meet on suit," September 11, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White, Justice officials meet on suit," Houston Post, September 11, 1981
Page Count: 1
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_005596
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison time easier [with] new TDC tents," June 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison time easier [with] new TDC tents," June 4, 1981, regarding Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005574
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White: Revamping prisons could cost Texas $3 billion," April 21, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White: Revamping prisons could cost Texas $3 billion," April 21, 1981, by Richard S. Dunham, Dallas Times Herald, regarding Clements and White's plan to appeal the decision of Judge William Wayne Justice.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005654
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements, White working together on prison case," June 23, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements, White working together on prison case," by Patti Kilday, Dallas Times Herald, June 23, 1982.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005151
Title: Letter, Memos, and Notes to William P. Clements, Jr., and Others Regarding Population of the Texas Department of Corrections, September-October 1981
Description: Annotated letter, memos, and notes regarding population of the Texas Department of Corrections, September -October 1981. Includes additional related memos and notes from Governor William P. Clements and administration officials including Walter O'Dell, Larry Janeck, Willis Whately, Ruben Torres, and Johnny R. McCollum.
Page Count: 7
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R., Whatley, Willis, J., Torres, Ruben, Janecek, Larry
Contributor: Wrotenbery, Paul T., Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Torres, Ruben, Whatley, Willis, J.
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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_013392
Title: Governor Clements' Diary for Thursday, May 7, 1981
Description: Governor Clements' Diary for Thursday, May 7, 1981. A record of Governor Clements' meetings and actions for the day.
Page Count: 1
Subject Genre: Schedules (time plans)
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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_005639
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements accused of meddling in prisons, but he regards it as paternal sort of duty," April 4, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements accused of meddling in prisons, but he regards it as paternal sort of duty," April 4, 1982
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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

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