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Identifier: e_cle_009835
Title: Press release from the Texas House of Representatives authored by Gib Lewis, February 19, 1987
Description: Press release from the Texas House of Representatives authored by Gib Lewis, February 19, 1987, regarding the release of convicted criminals in reference to prison overcrowding. Includes synopses from bills portioning to Texas prisons and the criminal justice system as well as handbills on the Texas War on Crime,
Page Count: 22
Creator: Lewis, Gibson D.
Subject Name: Toomey, Mike, 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_001369
Title: Press release from office of William P. Clements Jr. regarding Ruiz v. Estelle, April 7, 1981
Description: Press release from office of William P. Clements Jr. regarding Ruiz v. Estelle, April 7, 1981. Press release is regarding updates with Ruiz v. Estelle, and a new conditional parole program.
Page Count: 4
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000060
Title: Press release titled "Clements-Backed Crime Package, Related Measures A Major Leap Forward," June 1, 1987
Description: Press release titled "Clements-Backed Crime Package, Related Measures A Major Leap Forward," June 1, 1987. Press release includes a list of bills that are a part of Clements' anti-crime package.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Lewis, Gibson D., Texas Criminal Justice Task Force, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas Youth Commission
Subject Topic: Crime, Prisons administration, Juvenile justice, Administration of, Privatization, Prisons--Overcrowding, Corrections--Contracting out
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_006123
Title: Press release regarding new conditional parole program, May 7, 1981
Description: Press release regarding new conditional parole program. This parole program will release inmates to halfway houses to help solve the overcrowding issue addressed in Ruiz v. Estelle.
Page Count: 4
Subject Topic: Parole, Halfway Houses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005522
Title: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 1, 1980
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 1, 1980. The Governor says he has no intention of reconsidering his decision to refuse parole for David Ruiz.
Page Count: 4
Subject Name: Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013773
Title: Briefing for press conference, December 3, 1981
Description: Briefing for press conference, December 3, 1981, regarding redistricting, political opponents, political polls, Ruiz lawsuit, visit to Lopez Portillo, and illegal alien education.
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Election districts, Political campaigns, Prisons--Overcrowding, Illegal aliens
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_006129
Title: Press release regarding settlement of Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit, June 8, 1982
Description: Press release regarding settlement of Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit. Governor Clements announced the move to settle the State prison lawsuit. He will meet with various stakeholders to conclude the suit. Additionally, new prison dormitories are near completion.
Page Count: 2
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_006131
Title: Press release regarding Ohio Lucasville Prison Case, June 15, 1981
Description: Press release regarding Ohio Lucasville Prison Case. Governor Clements sees the Ohio decision as a significant argument to leave prison system administration to legislatures and correction officials, rather than the courts. He emphasizes, though, triple ceiling of inmates will be eliminated by July 1.
Page Count: 2
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005528
Title: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 17, 1981
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 17, 1981. The Governor received a letter from the U.S. Deputy Attorney General Edward C. Schmultz in response for a request for a delay in implementing the Department of Justice's plan regarding the Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Schmults, Edward Charles, 1931-
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_004985
Title: Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program, May 1981
Description: Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program. This program is intended to alleviate prison overcrowding by releasing prisoners to halfway houses. Governor Clements was advised that having prisoners sleeping on floors in TDC facilities would impair the State's ability to obtain a stay order in Ruiz v. Estelle.
Page Count: 4
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Parole, Halfway Houses, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005532
Title: Memorandum from David A. Dean to Jim Estelle, July 6, 1981
Description: Memorandum from David A. Dean to Jim Estelle, July 6, 1981. The memo regards an attached press release from the office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. which talks about a letter sent by Texas Attorney General Mark White, who has written to President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Attorney General William French Smith concerning the Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White, Ronald Reagan

Identifier: e_cle_001395
Title: News release from Governor Mark White regarding crime and prison overcrowding, October 20, 1986
Description: News release from Governor Mark White regarding crime and prison overcrowding, October 20, 1986. White attaches a letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles encouraging them to ease prison crowding by releasing prisoners up to six months prior to their minimum sentence expiration date, May 7, 1982.
Page Count: 3
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Torres, Ruben, Jackson, Connie
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Governors--Election, Political campaigns
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_009817
Title: Press release regarding Judge Justice acknowledging good faith effort being made by Governor Clements and Legislature in prison suit, March 16, 1987
Description: Press release regarding Judge Justice acknowledging good faith effort being made by Governor Clements and Legislature in prison suit.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013745
Title: Press release from William P. Clements, June 15, 1981
Description: Press release from William P. Clements, June 15, 1981, regarding Texas prisons
Page Count: 2
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_009816
Title: Draft of press release regarding Judge Justice accepting invitation to tour TDC units, March 5, 1987
Description: Draft of press release regarding Judge Justice accepting invitation to tour TDC units. Governor Clements hopes the Judge will see the progress TDC has made to comply with issues raised in the Ruiz v. Estelle case.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013736
Title: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements Jr. regarding Ruiz v Estelle, April 17, 1981
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements Jr. regarding Ruiz v Estelle, April 17, 1981
Page Count: 2
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005527
Title: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 17, 1981
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 17, 1981. Governor Clements says that he has received assurances from the U.S. Attorney General's Office that there is room for compromise on key points in the Ruiz prison lawsuit.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Schmults, Edward Charles, 1931-
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013724
Title: Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., February 19, 1981
Description: 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.
Page Count: 3
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013734
Title: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements Jr. regarding new conditional parole program to reduce prison population, April 7, 1981
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements Jr. regarding new conditional parole program to reduce prison population, April 7, 1981
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005540
Title: Press release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., May 10, 1982
Description: Press Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., May 10, 1982. The press release is about Governor Clements' comment on the Texas Department of Correction's temporary admission freeze. Attached is a letter from Governor Clements to Ruben Torres about prison overcrowding and the Ruiz v. Estelle case.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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