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Identifier: e_cle_012216
Title: Letter from Scott McCown to William Wayne Justice, November 26, 1986
Description: Letter from Scott McCown to William Wayne Justice, November 26, 1986. Regarding William P. Clements, Jr. request to confer with Chief Judge William Wayne Justice over the Ruiz v Estelle case. McCown, Special Assistant Attorney General, informs Justice that he is not opposed to meeting, but requests that counsel be present and that he would like an opportunity to speak with Clements and others involved in the case.
Page Count: 1
Creator: McCown, F. Scott
Contributor: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice, Doran, Hilary, Jr., Nathan, Vincent M.
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001606
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Governor Bill Clements, June 21, 1982
Description: Memo from David Herndon to Governor Bill Clements, June 21, 1982, regarding newly build prison blocks and solutions to Texas prison overcrowding, includes tables with costs for prison expansions and a timeline.
Page Count: 3
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014065
Title: Letter to William P. Clements from Attorney General Jim Mattox, May 2, 1988
Description: Letter to William P. Clements from Attorney General Jim Mattox, May 2, 1988. This letter is a follow up to a previous letter regarding the refusal of the Public Finance Authority to approve financing for three units and the Ruiz case.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Mattox, Jim
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005155
Title: Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., June 26, 1981
Description: Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., June 26, 1981. Letter from Mark White, Attorney General of Texas, to Governor William P. Clements, Jr. regarding the Ruiz v. Estelle prison suite and federal prison standards.
Page Count: 5
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Reagan, Ronald, Smith, William French, 1917-, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Federal-state controversies, Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle, Ronald Reagan, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004330
Title: Memo from Paul T. Wrotenbery to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding request by the Texas Department of Corrections, June 9, 1981
Description: Memo from Paul T. Wrotenbery to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding request by the Texas Department of Corrections for Finding of Fact for Utilization of Funds Appropriated for Flexibility for Unforeseen Developments, June 9, 1981. Clements agrees with recommendation to not "find the fact" for transportation and agrees with recommendation to "find the fact" and authorize agency to use funds out of special appropriation for payment of outside counsel. Includes copies of correspondence between Mark White and T. Louis Austin Jr., Chairman of Texas Board of Corrections, concerning employment of outside counsel for Ruiz case.
Page Count: 7
Creator: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, White, Mark, 1940-, Austin, T. Louis, Jr.
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Budget, Litigation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_012276
Title: Letters from Nancy Dickerson to Rita Crocker-Clements and William P. Clements, Jr., with reply letter, 1987
Description: Letters from Nancy Dickerson to Rita Crocker-Clements and William P. Clements with reply letter, 1987. Letter from Nancy Dickerson, Executive Producer of Television Corporation of America, to Rita Crocker-Clements with an attached letter to William P. Clements, Jr., and a newspaper clipping from the New York Times. A response letter from Governor Clements is included. The letters span from August to September of 1987 and are in regards to the possibility of utilizing modular prison cells sold by Mark Correctional Systems in the construction of new prisons in Texas.
Page Count: 5
Creator: Dickerson, Nancy (Nancy Hanschman), Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Crocker-Clements, Rita, 1931-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Dickerson, Nancy (Nancy Hanschman)
Subject Name: Texas Prison System, Scott, Rider, Hughes, Alfred D., Texas. Department of Corrections, Kassar, Ray, Mark Correctional Systems
Subject Genre: Brochures, Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Rita Crocker Clements

Identifier: e_cle_005149
Title: Letter from the Greater Dallas Crime Commission to William P. Clements, Jr., forwarded to David Herndon and Jim Estelle, March 22, 1982
Description: Annotated letter from the Greater Dallas Crime Commission officials Garland Neal and Cecil Mills to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., March 22, 1982, regarding an inspection of Texas Department of Corrections prison at Huntsville, Texas. Includes a memorandum from David Herndon to Jim Estelle indicating that the letter was forwarded at Clements' request, April 13, 1982.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Greater Dallas Crime Commission, Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005912
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Gov. Clements' dilemma," December 28, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Times Herald headlined, "Gov. Clements' dilemma," December 28, 1980, by Ron Calhoun. Article includes excerpts from a Dallas Times Herald Editorial Board conference with Clements about the disbursement of $1 billion or more of state money.
Page Count: 1
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Property tax, Budget, Gasoline--Taxation, State universities and colleges, Prisons--Overcrowding, Taxation, State
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_004978
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding acquisition of federal properties for use as correctional facilities or sites, August 28, 1981
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding acquisition of federal properties for use as correctional facilities or sites. David Dean advises the governor of a letter he received about a clearinghouse to help state and local officials to "acquire federal properties for use as correctional facilities or sites." The attached Dallas Morning News article discusses the barracks-style housing the Texas Department of Corrections will have in October 1982.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001611
Title: Memo from David Herndon to William P. Clements, June 24, 1982
Description: Memo from David Herndon to William P. Clements, June 24, 1982, regarding prison overcrowding in Texas and the prison population as of June 1982.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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