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Identifier
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e_cle_000059
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Title
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Memorandum summary for May 13, 1987 meeting : Charles T. Terrell and William P. Clements
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Description
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Memorandum summary for meeting between Charles T. Terrell and William P. Clements on 13 May 1987 in which status of legislative bills, the Criminal Justice Task Force, prisons, and the TDC were discussed.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Terrell, Charles T.
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Contributor
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Criminals--Rehabilitation, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_001316
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Title
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Transcript excerpt of debate between Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Attorney General Mark White regarding state litigation, September 24, 1982
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Description
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Annotated transcript excerpt of debate between Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Attorney General Mark White regarding state litigation, September 24, 1982. Candidates discuss litigation handled by Texas Attorney General's office regarding automobile rebates and prison overcrowding. Interviewers include Pat Casey and Mike Cochran.
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Page Count
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2
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Contributor
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White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office
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Subject Topic
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Litigation, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_005157
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Title
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Memo from David A. Dean to Senator Ray Farabee regarding Senate Finance Committee Action Necessary to Implement Alternatives to Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections, April 13, 1981
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Description
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Memo from David A. Dean to Texas Senator Ray Farabee, regarding the Senate Finance Committee action necessary to implement alternatives to overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections, April 13, 1981.
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Page Count
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2
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Creator
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Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948-
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Contributor
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Farabee, Ray
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Subject Name
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. Finance Committee, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Budget
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_005922
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements pitches inmate tent idea," May 8, 1981
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Description
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Dallas Times Herald clipping headlined, "Clements pitches inmate tent idea," May 8, 1981, concerning the use of Army-issued, six to eight man tents provided by the Texas National Guard. This article includes Mark White, Bill Clements, and W. James Estelle's take on the concept.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Tiede, Saralee
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Subject Name
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Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Dingler, Walter, Gen., Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons administration
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White
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Identifier
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e_cle_013792
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Title
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Transcript from press conference regarding Texas Department of Corrections, February 19, 1981
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Description
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Transcript from press conference regarding Texas Department of Corrections, February 19, 1981. Governor William P. Clements, Jr., responds to questions about Texas Department of Corrections Director J.W. Estelle and Attorney General Mark White.
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Page Count
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2
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Contributor
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Estelle, Ward James, Jr., White, Mark, 1940-, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Litigation, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Press Conference
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White
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Identifier
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e_cle_005144
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Title
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Letter from Emiliano Figueroa Magana to William P. Clements, Jr., (Dary Stone), May 1, 1979
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Description
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Letter from Emiliano Figueroa Magana to William P. Clements, Jr., (Dary Stone), May 1, 1979, regarding treatment of Mexican nationals in Texas prisons. States Magana's reasons for withdrawing his case against prisoner David Ruiz.
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Page Count
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4
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Creator
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Magana, Emiliano Figueroa
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Contributor
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Stone, Dary, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005, Texas. Good Neighbor Commission
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Subject Topic
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Litigation, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_013608
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Title
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Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982
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Description
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Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982, p. 6, regarding prison overcrowding and reform.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Austin, T. Louis, Jr., Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons administration
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_004383
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Title
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Workplan for the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice System, undated
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Description
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Workplan for the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice System. Document lists challenges for solving inmate overcrowding in the Texas Department of Corrections.
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Page Count
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4
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Creator
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Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, State governments--Officials and employees, Prisons administration
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_005158
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Title
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Letter from Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay to William P. Clements, Jr., February 16, 1981
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Description
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Letter from Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay to William P. Clements, Jr., February 16, 1981, regarding sale of county property to the Texas Department of Corrections.
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Page Count
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2
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Creator
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Lindsay, Jon
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Contributor
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000433
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "A little planning could help prisons", May 12, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "A little planning could help prisons", Waco Tribune Herald, May 12, 1982. Editorial commenting on overcrowd prisons and legislative gridlock in financing the prison system.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_000473
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Legislature to consider prison issue", May 26, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Legislature to consider prison issue", May 26, 1982. By Ron Dusek, published in the El Paso Times. Regarding Clements' announcement that he will open the special session of the Legislature to the issue of prison overcrowding.
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Page Count
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2
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Creator
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Dusek, Ron
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Clayton, Bill W., Texas. Department of Corrections, Moreno, Paul, Polk, Mary, Coleman, Ronald D. (Ronald D'Emory), 1941-
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons, Property tax
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform, Bill Hobby
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Identifier
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e_cle_009785
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Title
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Letter from William P. Clements to Members of the Legislature regarding Special Session, July 2, 1987
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Description
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Letter from William P. Clements to Members of the Legislature regarding Special Session, July 2, 1987. The letter reminds the legislatures the purpose of the special session of 1987, focusing heavily on prison reform and budget changes in reaction to Estelle v. Ruiz.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Contributor
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Texas. Legislature
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Subject Name
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Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Budget, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform, Budget Battle of 1987
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Identifier
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e_cle_009810
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Title
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Memo from Scott Carruth to the Executive Working Group, November 2, 1989 thru February 22, 1990
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Description
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Memo from Scott Carruth to the Executive Working Group, November 2, 1989 thru February 22, 1990 regarding prison capacity in regards to overcrowding. Includes timelines, graphs, percentages of felons per citizen ratio, and total numbers of PIA's released from December 1988 to October 1989.
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Page Count
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50
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Creator
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Carruth, Scott
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Contributor
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Criminal Justice Working Group
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Criminal statistics
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_014503
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Title
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Group of documents regarding financing and construction of Texas Department of Corrections facilities, December 1987- July 1988
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Description
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Group of documents regarding financing and construction of Texas Department of Corrections facilities, December 1987- July 1988. Documents include minutes of a Texas Department of Corrections board meeting discussing Brown and Root's construction estimates, as well as correspondence related to requests for financing and approval of state bonds for prison construction.
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Page Count
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22
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Creator
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Texas. Department of Corrections, Scott, Rider
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Contributor
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Whittington, Harry, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000500
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Critics slam Clements' session call", May 23, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Critics slam Clements' session call", News-Messenger, May 23, 1982, wherein Clements calls a special legislative session in order to repeal the state property tax, but critics feel that prison overcrowding is the real legislative emergency.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Property tax
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Identifier
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e_cle_006913
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Title
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Transcript of William P. Clements, Jr.'s Press Conference, March 13, 1981
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Description
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Transcript of William P. Clements, Jr.'s Press Conference, March 13, 1981, regarding the selection of judges, the taxation of gasoline, and the prison lawsuit Estelle v. Ruiz.
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Page Count
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16
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Creator
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Judges--Selection and appointment, Nuclear energy, Gasoline--Taxation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000494
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements compares White to Hitler", Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph, May 11, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Clements compares White to Hitler", Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph, May 11, 1982. White criticizes Clements about his 1979 veto of $30 million appropriation for construction, blaming that veto on a prison overcrowding cruising and the Texas Department of Corrections freezing prisoner intake.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas Prison System
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_006906
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Title
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Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, December 19, 1980
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Description
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Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, December 19, 1980, regarding prison conditions in the Texas Department of Corrections, and United States military bases and missile silos.
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Page Count
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14
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Creator
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons administration, MX (Weapons system)
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_013724
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Title
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Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., February 19, 1981
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Description
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Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., February 19, 1981. Letter is regarding the Ruiz v. Estelle case. Also attached is a press release regarding Mark White.
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Page Count
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3
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Creator
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White, Mark, 1940-
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Contributor
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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White, Mark, 1940-
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000585
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Title
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Report titled "Record/accomplishments," regarding prison reform
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Description
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Report titled "Record/accomplishments" regarding prison reform, circa 1982. Due to the ruling in Ruiz v. Estelle, Clements obtained a $35 million emergency fund to help the Texas Department of Corrections house 3,000 inmates.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Texas Prison System, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle