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Identifier: e_cle_009815
Title: Memo from Scott Carruth to Rider Scott regarding TDCJ Admissions vs Releases, July 9, 1990
Description: Memo from Scott Carruth to Rider Scott regarding TDCJ Admissions vs Releases. Includes spreadsheets and graphics for the prison dynamics of the second quarter of 1990.
Page Count: 8
Creator: Carruth, Scott
Contributor: Scott, Rider
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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_001620
Title: Correspondence between David Herndon and William P. Clements, July 5-12, 1982
Description: Correspondence between David Herndon and William P. Clements, July 5-12, 1982, regarding inmate unrest in Texas prisons .
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Austin, Austin, T. Louis, Jr., Herndon, David
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001607
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding agenda for Texas Board of Corrections meeting, June 21, 1982
Description: Memo from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding agenda for Texas Board of Corrections meeting, June 21, 1982. Items on the agenda include Texas Department of Correction's decision to mix violent offenders with non-violent offenders, and the possibility of building greater capacity dormitory facilities.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000767
Title: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to T. L. Austin, May 12, 1982
Description: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to T. L. Austin, May 12, 1982. Governor Clements writes to the Chairman of the Texas Board of Corrections expressing shock at locking the doors of the Texas prison system to incoming inmates. The governor says that the doors of the Texas Department of Corrections will be open on May 17, 1982, and solutions will need to be created to keep the doors open and the criminal justice system functioning properly.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Austin, T. Louis, Jr.
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000072
Title: Letter from Robert D. Gunn to William P. Clements, Jr., July 18, 1986
Description: Letter from Robert D. Gunn to William P. Clements, Jr., July 18, 1986. Regarding the consequences of the Ruiz v Estelle case. Gunn, retired Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Texas Department of Corrections, summarizes his involvement in prison reform in Texas and gives suggestions for improvement of the prison system, criminal justice, and the police. The letter is annotated by Clements.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Gunn, Robert
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons administration, Crime prevention, Prisons--Overcrowding, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Crime, Privatization, Police
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_009568
Title: Letter from Jim Allee to William P. Clements, Jr., January 2, 1987
Description: Letter from Jim Allee to William P. Clements, Jr., January 2, 1987. Letter is regarding the future of prisons.
Page Count: 3
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration

Identifier: e_cle_005557
Title: Motion in Ruiz v. Estelle case, to add William P. Clements as party defendant
Description: Motion in Ruiz v. Estelle case, to add William P. Clements as party defendant
Page Count: 9
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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