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Identifier: e_cle_005921
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White blames Clements veto," April 21,1981
Description: Fort Worth Star Telegram clipping headlined, "White blames Clements veto," April 21,1981, concerning Bill Clements veto of prison construction funds and Mark White's appeal in response.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Arnold, Ann
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Corrections, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Smith, William French, 1917-
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000394
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements: State has paid too much to fight prison reform," Houston Chronicle, March 27, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements: State has paid too much to fight prison reform," Houston Chronicle, March 27, 1982 regarding Clements argument with Mark White, who hired lawyers to assist an appeal of prison legislation.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Smith, Glenn
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000491
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," by Kathy Baker, Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982. Clements calls a special session in order to address prison overcrowding and appropriate an emergency fund for the Texas Department of Corrections to add 4,000 more beds.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Baker, Kathy
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Clayton, Bill W., Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013609
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982, pp. 11-12, regarding Texas prison overcrowding and expenditures for prison construction.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Zachry, Bartell, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_013607
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982, regarding prison reform in response to Ruiz vs. Estelle lawsuit. "Janie Harris," the name of Clements' secretary, is handwritten in upper right corner.
Page Count: 4
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Sowell, Polly, 1927-, Harris, Janie
Subject Topic: Press Conference, Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000434
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone call on prisons rekindles White-Clements feud," May 16,1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone call on prisons rekindles White-Clements feud", Waco Tribune-Herald, May 16,1982. Gov. Clements battles his Attorney General Mark White over prison reform after the Texas Board of Corrections refuses to accept any more prisoners.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Henry, John C.
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Texas Prison System, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_005913
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Pardon, parole bill passes", February 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Pardon, parole bill passes", Dallas Morning News, February 4, 1981, reports the passing of an anti-crime bill which gives the governor almost absolute control over the pardons and paroles department, but which also mandates the creation of a statewide halfway houses.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Kuempel, George
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Criminals--Rehabilitation, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005922
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements pitches inmate tent idea," May 8, 1981
Description: 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.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Tiede, Saralee
Subject Name: Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Dingler, Walter, Gen., Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_013608
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982, p. 6, regarding prison overcrowding and reform.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Austin, T. Louis, Jr., Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000433
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "A little planning could help prisons", May 12, 1982
Description: 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.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000473
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Legislature to consider prison issue", May 26, 1982
Description: 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.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dusek, Ron
Subject Name: 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-
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons, Property tax
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Bill Hobby

Identifier: e_cle_000494
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements compares White to Hitler", Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph, May 11, 1982
Description: 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.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas Prison System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000058
Title: Agenda for Meeting with Governor Clements on April 9, 1987
Description: Agenda for meeting with Governor Clements on April 9, 1987 regarding the status of Criminal Justice Task Force legislative package, additional prison beds, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and correctional policies.
Page Count: 1
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Crime prevention, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Drug abuse and crime, Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005945
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements blasts prison director," May 21, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements blasts prison director," by Felton West, Houston Post, May 21, 1982. Governor William P. Clements, Jr., criticizes Texas prison director W.J. Estelle for stating that more Texas inmates could be paroled to ease overcrowding.
Page Count: 1
Creator: West, Felton
Subject Name: Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Parole, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014516
Title: Newspaper clippings headlined, "Clements to Meet on Jail Suit," "Not Too Tough," "Clements Will Study Overcrowding in Jail," July 26, 1986
Description: Three newspaper clippings headlined, "Clements to Meet on Jail Suit," "Not Too Tough," "Clements Will Study Overcrowding in Jail," July 26, 1986. Pet Slover of the Houston Chronicle, and Bill Hensel, Jr., and Patricia Manson of the Houston Post describe Governor William P. Clements, Jr., meeting with U.S. District Judge James DeAnda to discuss overcrowding in Harris County jails.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Houston Post, Houston Chronicle
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Litigation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005518
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements threatened with suit," April 14, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements threatened with suit," by Dick Stanley, Austin American-Statesman, April 14, 1980, regarding prisoner David Ruiz's request for parole.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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

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