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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_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_004993
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Clements in 1980: going to the mat", undated.
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Clements in 1980: going to the mat", undated. The article covers Governor Clements first year in office, his use of polls, and the expansion of the Texas prison system.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Byers, William Bowling, 1920-
Subject Topic: Wiretapping, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_009810
Title: Memo from Scott Carruth to the Executive Working Group, November 2, 1989 thru February 22, 1990
Description: Memo from Scott Carruth to the Executive Working Group, November 2, 1989 thru February 22, 1990 regarding prison capacity in regards to overcrowding. Includes timelines, graphs, percentages of felons per citizen ratio, and total numbers of PIA's released from December 1988 to October 1989.
Page Count: 50
Creator: Carruth, Scott
Contributor: Criminal Justice Working Group
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Criminal statistics
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005535
Title: Comics on Ruiz v. Estelle, 1982
Description: Comics on Ruiz v. Estelle, 1982. The comics depict prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 2
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005920
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas ordered to provide 1-prisoner cells by 1983," April 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas ordered to provide 1-prisoner cells by 1983," April 4, 1981, concerning Justice William Wayne's Ruiz V Estelle decision in reference to the timeline it established.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas Prison System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014065
Title: Letter to William P. Clements from Attorney General Jim Mattox, May 2, 1988
Description: Letter to William P. Clements from Attorney General Jim Mattox, May 2, 1988. This letter is a follow up to a previous letter regarding the refusal of the Public Finance Authority to approve financing for three units and the Ruiz case.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Mattox, Jim
Contributor: 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_009834
Title: Essay titled "The Clements Criminal Justice Reforms," undated
Description: Essay titled "The Clements Criminal Justice Reforms," undated, written on the evolution of Bill Clements' reaction to the Ruiz v Estelle ruling starting in 1987. Includes charts and graphs.
Page Count: 6
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Genre: Schedules (time plans)
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform