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Identifier: e_cle_005532
Title: Memorandum from David A. Dean to Jim Estelle, July 6, 1981
Description: Memorandum from David A. Dean to Jim Estelle, July 6, 1981. The memo regards an attached press release from the office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. which talks about a letter sent by Texas Attorney General Mark White, who has written to President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Attorney General William French Smith concerning the Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White, Ronald Reagan

Identifier: e_cle_004981
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Paroles, November 24, 1980
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Paroles. The memo was prepared for the purpose of assisting the governor when asked questions regarding the Board and the governor's role in the parole process. While the governor had a high parole denial rate of 28 percent, the overcrowding issue is due to more people committing crimes and prison construction not keeping up with that pace.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005135
Title: Letter from David A. Dean to William Wayne Justice regarding in camera inspection of correspondence, June 16, 1980
Description: Letter from David A. Dean to William Wayne Justice regarding in camera inspection of correspondence. Dean explains that furnishing in camera inspection of correspondence regarding inmate Emiliano Figueroa within the governor's office is the best option to keep the inmate safe.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Name: Magana, Emiliano Figueroa
Subject Genre: Correspondence
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001753
Title: Correspondence between David Dean and Bo Byers of the Houston Chronicle, May 14, 1982
Description: Correspondence between Texas Secretary of State David Dean and Bo Byers of the Houston Chronicle, May 14, 1982, regarding Byers' editorial titled "Prison mandate perplexing"(attached), which Dean feels does not take into account the positive steps taken by Bill Clements to address problems with Texas prisons.
Page Count: 8
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎, Byers, William Bowling, 1920-
Contributor: Byers, William Bowling, 1920-, Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005516
Title: Memorandum from David A. Dean to William P. Clements, Jr., December 15, 1980
Description: Memorandum from David A. Dean to William P. Clements, Jr., December 15, 1980. The memo regards the attached opinion by William Wayne Justice in Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit.
Page Count: 13
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle