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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_001022
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Texas prison system in vise of crisis," undated
Description: Dallas Times Herald clipping headlined "Texas prison system in vise of crisis," undated, concerning the conundrum the Texas Department of Corrections faces as the overburdened parole system contributes to the higher rate of repeat offenders who are thus jailed, creating a greater prison population. This article includes statistics and a table with outlining the "Texas prison population crisis."
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas Prison System, Texas Probation Commission, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Genre: Stats (copies)
Subject Topic: Criminal statistics, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Prisons administration
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"

Identifier: e_cle_005159
Title: Memo from Jan Lindsey to Executive Management regarding Habitual Offenders Profile, April 9, 1981
Description: Memo from Jan Lindsey to Executive Management regarding Habitual Offenders Profile, April 9, 1981. Includes related prisoner confinement and conviction history charts.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Lindsey, Jan
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Recidivism
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_001052
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "White, Clements argue over funding," June 13, 1986
Description: Dallas Morning News clipping headlined "White, Clements argue over funding," June 13, 1986, regarding Bill Clements and Mark White's stances on the relocation, allocation, and disbursement of funds for state prisons. Includes Clements and White's opinions on handling the Ruiz v Estelle ruling as well.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Attlesey, Sam
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Hughes, Alfred D., Bashur, Reggie, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons administration
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Budget Battle of 1987

Identifier: e_cle_005014
Title: Group of documents regarding the Texas Department of Corrections, December 16-19, 1980
Description: Group of documents regarding the Texas Department of Corrections, December 16-19, 1980. Included is a memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements, Jr regarding minutes of the approval board of the Texas Department of Corrections, December 19, 1980. Also attached are the minutes from the approval board of the Texas Department of Corrections, December 16, 1980.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Texas. Department of Corrections, Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration
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_002110
Title: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Ruben Torres, Connie Jackson, and George Killinger, May 7, 1982
Description: 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.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Torres, Ruben, Jackson, Connie, Killinger, George G. (George Glenn), 1908-1993
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005017
Title: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to James W. Windham, May 1, 1980
Description: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to James W. Windham, May 1, 1980. Memo is in regards to the location of building a new prison near Dell City, Texas. Also attached is a memo from David A. Dean to Doug Brown regarding the attached Clements letter to Windham.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Windham, James
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration

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_006917
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, April 7, 1981
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, April 7, 1981, with Texas Department of Corrections Director Jim Estelle, regarding an altercation in a TDC facility.
Page Count: 9
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prison furloughs
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_004383
Title: Workplan for the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice System, undated
Description: Workplan for the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice System. Document lists challenges for solving inmate overcrowding in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, State governments--Officials and employees, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_001197
Title: Newspaper clippings headlined, "State still unsure how to fund prison" and "Clements rakes TDC director; White given friendly advice," June 11, 1986
Description: Newspaper clippings from Dallas Morning News headlined "State still unsure how to fund prison," June 11, 1986, by George Kuemple, and from Houston Chronicle headlined "Clements rakes TDC director; White given friendly advice," June 11, 1986, by Clay Robison, regarding prison overcrowding and early release policies. Articles refer to Texas gubernatorial election and Democrats' suggestions for Governor Mark White's campaign. Includes office filing form.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Robison, Clay, Kuempel, George
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Hughes, Alfred D.
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

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_006906
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, December 19, 1980
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, December 19, 1980, regarding prison conditions in the Texas Department of Corrections, and United States military bases and missile silos.
Page Count: 14
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons administration, MX (Weapons system)
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_001021
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison breakouts increase," September 9, 1986
Description: Newspaper clipping, "Prison breakouts increase," published September 9, 1986, concerning the rising amount of inmates who are either escaping prison or attempting escape.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons administration
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005605
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "TDC plans 960-man prison unit," August 22, 1981
Description: Dallas Morning News clipping headlined "TDC plans 960-man prison unit," August 22, 1981.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005616
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "White says care better at TDC," October 23, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "White says care better at TDC," by Lisa Trow, Huntsville Herald, October 23, 1981.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000054
Title: 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
Description: 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%.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Martinez, Pablo
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration, Prisons, Parole
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005596
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison time easier [with] new TDC tents," June 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison time easier [with] new TDC tents," June 4, 1981, regarding Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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