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Identifier: e_cle_009870
Title: Prison Financing and Construction Plan, State of Texas, July 1987
Description: Prison Financing and Construction Plan, State of Texas, July 1987. Bound plan of prison financing and construction for the State of Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). The plan begins with a letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to the Texas Legislature, in which the Governor emphasizes the importance of new prison construction and financing after the ruling on the Ruiz v Estelle case.
Page Count: 70
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding, Privatization
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_009594
Title: Correspondence between Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Frank Arndt regarding pre-release centers, September 1-September 11, 1987
Description: Correspondence between Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Rosenberg, Texas, resident Frank Arndt, September 1, 1987 and September 11, 1987, regarding Arndt's opposition to locating a pre-release center in Rosenberg.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections, Texas Prison System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000061
Title: Letter from Ray Farabee to William P. Clements, Jr., November 11, 1986
Description: Letter from Ray Farabee to William P. Clements, Jr., November 11, 1986. Regarding the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) and the criminal justice system. Farabee asks that William P. Clements, Jr. and Mark White "refrain from public statements that might contribute to agency instability" and that reports be studied before any serious policy changes are made.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Farabee, Ray
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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_009881
Title: Memo from Rider Scott to William P. Clements, Jr. regarding Monitors' Report - Harris County Jail September 26, 1988
Description: Memo from Rider Scott to William P. Clements, Jr. regarding Monitors' Report - Harris County Jail September 26, 1988. Regarding the Monitors' report on the Alberti v. Sheriff of Harris County federal jail lawsuit.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Scott, Rider
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice, Lindsay, Jon, United States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
Subject Genre: Reports
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005155
Title: Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., June 26, 1981
Description: Letter from Mark White to William P. Clements, Jr., June 26, 1981. Letter from Mark White, Attorney General of Texas, to Governor William P. Clements, Jr. regarding the Ruiz v. Estelle prison suite and federal prison standards.
Page Count: 5
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Reagan, Ronald, Smith, William French, 1917-, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Federal-state controversies, Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle, Ronald Reagan, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_012276
Title: Letters from Nancy Dickerson to Rita Crocker-Clements and William P. Clements, Jr., with reply letter, 1987
Description: Letters from Nancy Dickerson to Rita Crocker-Clements and William P. Clements with reply letter, 1987. Letter from Nancy Dickerson, Executive Producer of Television Corporation of America, to Rita Crocker-Clements with an attached letter to William P. Clements, Jr., and a newspaper clipping from the New York Times. A response letter from Governor Clements is included. The letters span from August to September of 1987 and are in regards to the possibility of utilizing modular prison cells sold by Mark Correctional Systems in the construction of new prisons in Texas.
Page Count: 5
Creator: Dickerson, Nancy (Nancy Hanschman), Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Crocker-Clements, Rita, 1931-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Dickerson, Nancy (Nancy Hanschman)
Subject Name: Texas Prison System, Scott, Rider, Hughes, Alfred D., Texas. Department of Corrections, Kassar, Ray, Mark Correctional Systems
Subject Genre: Brochures, Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Rita Crocker Clements