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Identifier: e_cle_009809
Title: Folder 7, undated, items related to prison overcrowding
Description: Folder 7, undated Items related to prison overcrowding including statistical information concerning population densities and number of convicted felons in a given county as well as the state's cost per inmate. Floor plans for proposed construction of new facilities. Status' of prisons and Texas Department of Corrections facilities under construction. Reports, memos, statements, and letters all concerning Texas' prison system in regards to overcrowding and the Ruiz v. Estelle ruling.
Page Count: 116
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Census, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005624
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "US officials support prison order," November 11, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "US officials support prison order," by Dave Montgomery, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 11, 1981.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Montgomery, Dave
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_000432
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Area legislators shy from session on full prisons," May 23, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Area legislators shy from session on full prisons," Tribune-Herald, May 23, 1982, describes a special session called to abolish a state property tax. Also describes disagreements about addressing prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Carr, Paul
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Property tax
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Legislation, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000446
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas prison system trying to keep inmates, courts happy," June 27, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas prison system trying to keep inmates, courts happy," Waco Tribune-Herald, June 27, 1982. Governor Clements claims a victory when a remedy for prison overcrowding was struck down by a lower court, even though the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rules that Texas prison conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Rawls, Wendel, Jr.
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_006975
Title: Transcript of the television program "The Governor's Report," June 24, 1982
Description: Transcript of the television program "The Governor's Report," regarding the upcoming gubernatorial election and overturned prison reforms, June 24, 1982. Moderator Dick Ellis and reporters Ron Hutchison, Ron Dusek, and Alvin Hebert also questioned Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding the education of illegal aliens and university tuition increases.
Page Count: 16
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Ellis, Ellis, Dick
Contributor: Hutchinson, Ron, Hebert, Alvin, Dusek, Ron
Subject Topic: Governors--Election, Education, Bilingual, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Tuition, Illegal aliens
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"