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Identifier: e_cle_014521
Title: Reference Points for Remarks to Texas Board of Criminal Justice by Governor Clements
Description: Reference Points for Remarks to Texas Board of Criminal Justice by Governor Clements. Reference points review the Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit and cite Charles Terrell for his work as chair of the Texas Criminal Justice Task Force.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Terrell, Charles T., Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005025
Title: Group of documents regarding constructing a new prison, May 14, 1979
Description: Group of documents regarding constructing a new prison, May 14, 1979. Attached is a letter from W.R. "Bull" Milroy, to The Director Texas Department of Corrections, May 14, 1979. Also included are handwritten memos from William P. Clements, Jr. to David A. Dean, regarding the letter from Milroy, undated.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Milroy, W.R.
Contributor: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Construction projects

Identifier: e_cle_001620
Title: Correspondence between David Herndon and William P. Clements, July 5-12, 1982
Description: Correspondence between David Herndon and William P. Clements, July 5-12, 1982, regarding inmate unrest in Texas prisons .
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Austin, Austin, T. Louis, Jr., Herndon, David
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons administration
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_008753
Title: Appointment letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to the Texas Senate, February 22, 1989
Description: Appointment letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to the Texas Senate, February 22, 1989, appointing Ben Gallant to the Texas Board of Corrections.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Texas. Legislature. Senate
Subject Name: Gallant, Ben, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Appointment to office, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments

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_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_007582
Title: Appointment letter from William P. Clements to Secretary of State, Jack Rains, February 12, 1988
Description: Appointment letter from William P. Clements to Secretary of State, Jack Rains, February 12, 1988, regarding the appointment of Lisa Ann Blue to the Interagency Council on Mentally Retarded, Developmentally Disabled and Mentally Ill Offenders.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Rains, Jack M., Texas. Secretary of State
Subject Name: Blue, Lisa, 1952-, Interagency Council on Mentally Retarded, Developmentally Disabled and Mentally Ill Offenders
Subject Topic: Appointment to office, Developmental disabilities, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments, Criminal Justice Reform

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_006976
Title: Transcript of the Television Program "The Governor's Report," July 22, 1982
Description: Transcript of the television program "The Governor's Report," regarding the upcoming gubernatorial election and the Texas economy, July 22, 1982. The interview with Governor William P. Clements, Jr., moderator Carole Kneeland, and reporters Alvin Hebert, Saralee Tiede, and Tim Sheehy also discussed prison reform and Texas Attorney General Mark White.
Page Count: 16
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Kneeland, Carole
Contributor: Hebert, Alvin, Tiede, Saralee, Sheehy, Tim
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Governors--Election, Economic policy, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"