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Identifier: e_cle_009866
Title: Memo from Scott Carruth to Rider Scott, September 11, 1989
Description: Memo from Scott Carruth to Rider Scott, September 11, 1989, regarding the TDCJ's construction schedule in relation to prison overcrowding. Includes charts and graphs relating to the subject matter.
Page Count: 13
Creator: Carruth, Scott
Contributor: Scott, Scott, Rider, Fitzpatrick, Knox
Subject Topic: Construction projects, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000071
Title: Letter from W. J. (Jim) Estelle, Jr. to William P. Clements, Jr., March 21, 1986
Description: Letter from W. J. (Jim) Estelle, Jr. to William P. Clements, Jr., March 21, 1986. Regarding prison construction and the budget reduction effort.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Subject Topic: Prisons, Political campaigns, Construction projects
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014524
Title: Group of documents regarding Texas Department of Criminal Justice construction of new facilities, March 1990-April 1990
Description: Group of documents regarding Texas Department of Criminal Justice construction of new facilities, March 1990-April 1990. Included are a letter from Texas Department of Criminal Justice Chairman James Collins to Texas Board of Criminal Justice Chair Charles Terrell summarizing the history of state lands for prisons and including a chart, "Violence in the TDCJ-ID, 1983-1989"; two letters from Brown & Root representative R.B. Henke to Texas Department of Criminal Justice representative Larry Fickel regarding construction questions; minutes of a monthly construction meeting of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and an annotated meeting agenda.
Page Count: 22
Creator: Collins, A. James, Texas. Department of Criminal Justice
Contributor: Terrell, Charles T., Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Construction projects, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Texas History, Public lands
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005353
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Appropriation panel approves emergency prison construction," March 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Appropriation panel approves emergency prison construction," March 4, 1981, by the Associated Press, in the Dallas Times Herald. The article describes approval by the House Appropriations Committee for building metal prison dormitories.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Appropriations Committee, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014501
Title: Group of documents regarding design and approval of Texas Department of Corrections facility, April 1988-May 1988
Description: Group of documents regarding design and approval of Texas Department of Corrections facility, April 1988-May 1988. Documents include plaintiffs of Ruiz v. Estelle's review of plans for prison design and construction.
Page Count: 24
Creator: Scott, Rider, Turner, William Bennett
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Ozer, Robert, Turner, William Bennett
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014504
Title: Agenda for meeting with William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison construction, July 7, 1988
Description: Agenda for meeting with William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison construction, July 7, 1988. Agenda addresses questions regarding construction costs for new Texas Department of Corrections facilities.
Page Count: 2
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014519
Title: Memo from Rider Scott to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison problems in Maine, September 25, 1989
Description: Memo from Rider Scott to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison problems in Maine, September 25, 1989. Rider includes a newspaper clipping by Paul Carrier from the Maine Sunday Telegram describing that state's attempt to expand its prison system, July 16, 1989.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Scott, Rider
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_009820
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Yes, Bonds: Prisons should be built without hiking taxes," January 16, 1989
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Yes, Bonds: Prisons should be built without hiking taxes," Dallas Morning News, January 16, 1989, regarding funding of Texas prisons.
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014503
Title: Group of documents regarding financing and construction of Texas Department of Corrections facilities, December 1987- July 1988
Description: Group of documents regarding financing and construction of Texas Department of Corrections facilities, December 1987- July 1988. Documents include minutes of a Texas Department of Corrections board meeting discussing Brown and Root's construction estimates, as well as correspondence related to requests for financing and approval of state bonds for prison construction.
Page Count: 22
Creator: Texas. Department of Corrections, Scott, Rider
Contributor: Whittington, Harry, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014502
Title: Memo from Texas General Counsel Rider Scott to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Snyder prison facility construction bid, June 23, 1988
Description: Memo from General Counsel Rider Scott to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Snyder prison facility construction bid, June 23, 1988. Scott includes appendices comparing original project estimate by engineering company Brown & Root with cost estimate submitted by contractor.
Page Count: 8
Creator: Scott, Rider
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects, Expenditures, Public
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_013790
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White Blames Clements Veto," April 21, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White Blames Clements Veto," by Ann Arnold, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 21, 1981, regarding Attorney General Mark White's criticism of Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s veto of funds to expand Texas prisons.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Arnold, Ann
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Construction projects, Veto
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_007045
Title: Remarks prepared for William P. Clements, Jr., January 22, 1982
Description: Remarks prepared for William P. Clements, Jr., Dedication Ceremony for the Walker County Jail, Huntsville,Texas, January 22, 1982.
Page Count: 6
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Crime, Prisons, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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