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e_cle_005921
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "White blames Clements veto," April 21,1981
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Arnold, Ann
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Subject Name
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White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Corrections, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Smith, William French, 1917-
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of
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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, Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000394
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements: State has paid too much to fight prison reform," Houston Chronicle, March 27, 1982
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Smith, Glenn
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, 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_000491
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Baker, Kathy
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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
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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_009786
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Forum to seek ways of easing prison crunch", February 27, 1988
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Forum to seek ways of easing prison crunch", Austin-American Statesman, February 27, 1988. Public officials, legislators, and criminal justice experts joined in a Criminal Justice Summit to discuss how to deal with the issue of prison overcrowding.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Criminal Justice Division Advisory Board, Texas. Board 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 2, 1987-1991"
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Identifier
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e_cle_013791
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Estelle's Law," May 15, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Estelle's Law," by Anne Marie Kilday, Houston Chronicle, May 15, 1982, regarding Texas Department of Corrections Director W.J. Estelle's assertion that 9,000 TDC prisoners can be released to reduce prison overcrowding.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections, Hobby, Bill, 1932-
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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, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000434
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone call on prisons rekindles White-Clements feud," May 16,1982
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Henry, John C.
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Texas Prison System, Texas. Board 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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Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White
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Identifier
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e_cle_009784
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements unveils prison plan," July 8, 1987
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements unveils prison plan," by George Kuempel, Dallas Morning News, July 8, 1987, regarding $408 million planned for addressing overcrowding in the Texas prison system by adding 19,346 beds by 1991.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Kuempel, George
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Subject Name
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Scott, Rider
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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 2, 1987-1991"
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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_005913
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Pardon, parole bill passes", February 4, 1981
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Kuempel, George
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Criminals--Rehabilitation, 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_014519
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Title
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Memo from Rider Scott to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison problems in Maine, September 25, 1989
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Memo from Rider Scott to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison problems in Maine, September 25, 1989. Rider includes a newspaper clipping by Paul Carrier from the Maine Sunday Telegram describing that state's attempt to expand its prison system, July 16, 1989.
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Page Count
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3
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Creator
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Scott, Rider
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Contributor
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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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Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform
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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_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_000500
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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_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_005374
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Here's the status of major legislation," May 24, 1981
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Here's the status of major legislation," May 24, 1981, by the Associated Press, in the Dallas Times Herald.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Associated Press
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Subject Name
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Texas. Legislature
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Subject Topic
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Criminal Justice, Administration of, 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_005945
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements blasts prison director," May 21, 1982
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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West, Felton
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Subject Name
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Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Parole, 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_005519
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Governor stands by Ruiz decision," April 15, 1980
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Governor stands by Ruiz decision," Dallas Times Herald, April 15, 1980. Clipping is regarding Ruiz v. Estelle verdict.
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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
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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_014516
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Newspaper clippings headlined, "Clements to Meet on Jail Suit," "Not Too Tough," "Clements Will Study Overcrowding in Jail," July 26, 1986
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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.
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Page Count
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3
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Creator
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Houston Post, Houston Chronicle
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Litigation
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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
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Identifier
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e_cle_005518
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements threatened with suit," April 14, 1980
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements threatened with suit," by Dick Stanley, Austin American-Statesman, April 14, 1980, regarding prisoner David Ruiz's request for parole.
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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, Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Parole
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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_005622
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Agency 'misled' Clements," November 20, 1981
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined ,"Agency 'misled' Clements," by Fred Bonavita, Houston Post, November 20, 1981, regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's support for reforms to Texas Department of Corrections.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, United States. Department of Justice
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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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Ronald Reagan