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Identifier
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e_cle_009866
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Title
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Memo from Scott Carruth to Rider Scott, September 11, 1989
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Description
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Memo from Scott Carruth to Rider Scott, September 11, 1989, regarding the TDCJ's construction schedule in relation to prison overcrowding. Includes charts and graphs relating to the subject matter.
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Page Count
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13
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Creator
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Carruth, Scott
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Contributor
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Scott, Scott, Rider, Fitzpatrick, Knox
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Subject Topic
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Construction projects, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
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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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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_004667
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Title
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Letter from David Herndon to Ruben Torres, Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, September 2, 1982
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Description
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Letter from David Herndon to Ruben Torres, Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, September 2, 1982. Request for projected paroles for the coming year.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Herndon, David
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Contributor
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Torres, Ruben
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Subject Name
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Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
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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_005552
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Title
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Letter from William P. Clements, Jr., to the members of the Texas Board of Corrections, October 4, 1982
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Description
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Letter from William P. Clements, Jr., to the members of the Texas Board of Corrections, October 4, 1982. Regarding a meeting to approve processes to avoid prison overcrowding.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Contributor
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Texas. Board of Corrections
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Subject Name
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Texas. Board of Corrections, Texas. Department of Corrections, Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, 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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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_001290
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements Wants End to Early Release of Prisoners," undated
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements Wants End to Early Release of Prisoners," undated. Clements thinks early release programs are contributing to the crime problem and wants them ended.
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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, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Parole, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons--Overcrowding
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Time Period
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"White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
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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_005615
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Governor 'disappointed' parolees linked to death", October 24, 1981
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Governor 'disappointed' parolees linked to death", October 24, 1981
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Alternatives to imprisonment
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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_002110
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Title
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Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Ruben Torres, Connie Jackson, and George Killinger, May 7, 1982
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Description
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Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Ruben Torres, Connie Jackson, and George Killinger, May 7, 1982. Letter to the Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and two board members regarding prison overcrowding and releasing inmates to mandatory supervision six months prior to their minimum sentence expiration date.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Contributor
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Torres, Ruben, Jackson, Connie, Killinger, George G. (George Glenn), 1908-1993
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Subject Name
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Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Prisons
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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_005549
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Title
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Letter from David Herndon to Ruben Torres, September 2, 1982
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Description
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Letter from David Herndon to Ruben Torres, September 2, 1982. Regarding parole release projections.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Herndon, David
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Contributor
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Torres, Ruben
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
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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_006329
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Title
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Press release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. regarding the Blue Ribbon Commission on Criminal Justice, August 3, 1982
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Description
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Press release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. regarding the Blue Ribbon Commission on Criminal Justice, August 3, 1982. Press release announcing that the Blue Ribbon Commission on Criminal Justice will hold a public hearing in Austin on August 11, 1982, to receive testimony on critical issues confronting the criminal justice system.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Texas. Office of the Governor
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System, Lipshy, Bruce, McFarland, Bob
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Subject Topic
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Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Early release programs
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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_005556
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Title
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Letter from William P. Clements to Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, March 27, 1980
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Description
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Letter from William P. Clements to Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, March 27, 1980. Regarding the denial of parole for David Ruiz.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Contributor
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Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, 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_004985
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Title
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Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program, May 1981
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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4
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Subject Name
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Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Subject Topic
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Parole, Halfway Houses, Prisons--Overcrowding
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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_005642
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements is reviewing 1,200 parole cases," May 15, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements is reviewing 1,200 parole cases," May 15, 1982
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Topic
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Parole, Prisons--Overcrowding
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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_001274
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "White, Clements in war of words over TDC policy," October 24, 1986
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Description
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Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle headlined "White, Clements in war of words over TDC policy," October 24, 1986, by Jan Rich. White and Clements clash over the use of "good time" in release of prisoners. Some Texas Department of Corrections employees don't want prisons to be part of a political battle and think "good time" is being used alleviate overcrowding not for its original purpose.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
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Time Period
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"White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Mark White, Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_009509
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Title
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Correspondence between Helen Abrams and Deborah P. Findlay, Director of Constituent Services November 5 - 30, 1987
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Description
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Correspondence between Helen Abrams and Deborah P. Findlay, Director of Constituent Services November 5 - 30, 1987. Regarding prison overcrowding and parole.
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Page Count
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6
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Creator
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Findlay, Deborah P.
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Subject Topic
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Constituent communication, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
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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_005453
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Rights of Ex-Convicts Disputed", August 6, 1976
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Description
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Newspaper clipping from the Amarillo Daily News headlined "Rights of Ex-Convicts Disputed", August 6, 1976
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Page Count
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2
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Subject Topic
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Parole, Prisons--Overcrowding, Alternatives to imprisonment
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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_005943
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements and prison fiasco," May 19, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements and prison fiasco," by George Kuemple, Dallas Morning News, May 19, 1982. Article describes William P. Clements, Jr,'s, response to prison overcrowding in the Texas prison system.
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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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Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Litigation, 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, Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_009824
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Title
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Letter from Judy Wilbanks to William P. Clements, February 9, 1988
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Description
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Letter from Judy Wilbanks of the organization We the People to Governor William P. Clements, regarding inmates paroled from the Texas Department of Corrections, February 9, 1988.
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Page Count
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1
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Contributor
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Parole, Prisons--Overcrowding
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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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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_005150
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Title
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Memos from Johnny R. McCollum regarding Texas Department of Corrections Overcrowding, September 1981
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Description
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Memos from Johnny R. McCollum regarding Texas Department of Corrections overcrowding, September 1981. McCollum's file memo of September 29, 1981, summarizes his actions to avoid the Texas Department of Corrections reaching capacity. Related memos of September 23 and September 25 to Ruben Torres, John Onion, and Texas Supreme Court Judge Joe Greenhill outline the TDC's overcrowding problem and describe possible solutions.
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Page Count
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7
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Creator
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McCollum, Johnny R., Whatley, Willis, J.
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Contributor
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Greenhill, Joe R., Torres, Ruben
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, 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_000054
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Title
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Memo from Pablo Martinez to Board of Pardons and Paroles members, Executive Director, and Executive Staff regarding End of FY 1986 Prison Population Dynamics, September 3, 1986
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Description
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Memo from Pablo Martinez to Board of Pardons and Paroles members, Executive Director, and Executive Staff regarding End of Fiscal Year 1986 Prison Population Dynamics, September 3, 1986. Memo compares the total population of Texas prisons between 1985 and 1986 and the percentage of change. The total admissions increased 20.21% and total releases increased of 26.56%.
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Page Count
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2
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Creator
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Martinez, Pablo
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration, Prisons, Parole
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Time Period
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"White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
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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_005151
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Title
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Letter, Memos, and Notes to William P. Clements, Jr., and Others Regarding Population of the Texas Department of Corrections, September-October 1981
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Description
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Annotated letter, memos, and notes regarding population of the Texas Department of Corrections, September -October 1981. Includes additional related memos and notes from Governor William P. Clements and administration officials including Walter O'Dell, Larry Janeck, Willis Whately, Ruben Torres, and Johnny R. McCollum.
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Page Count
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7
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Creator
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McCollum, Johnny R., Whatley, Willis, J., Torres, Ruben, Janecek, Larry
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Contributor
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Wrotenbery, Paul T., Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Torres, Ruben, Whatley, Willis, J.
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Subject Name
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Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, 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