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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_001063
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Monitor early releases," October 24, 1986
Description: Dallas Times Herald clipping headlined "Monitor early releases," October 24, 1986, concerning the Texas Department of Corrections' early release programs as a response to prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas Prison System, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005920
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas ordered to provide 1-prisoner cells by 1983," April 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas ordered to provide 1-prisoner cells by 1983," April 4, 1981, concerning Justice William Wayne's Ruiz V Estelle decision in reference to the timeline it established.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas Prison System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000393
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas Prison System Meddling Brings Woes", May 23, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Baytown Sun headlined, "Texas Prison System Meddling Brings Woes," May 23, 1982. Published in the Baytown Sun. Article states that U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice has "all but taken over supervision of Texas prisons" and has "circumvented lawful functions of a state district court in Harris County."
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Poe, Ted, Heard, Jack, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding, Judicial power
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005912
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Gov. Clements' dilemma," December 28, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Times Herald headlined, "Gov. Clements' dilemma," December 28, 1980, by Ron Calhoun. Article includes excerpts from a Dallas Times Herald Editorial Board conference with Clements about the disbursement of $1 billion or more of state money.
Page Count: 1
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Property tax, Budget, Gasoline--Taxation, State universities and colleges, Prisons--Overcrowding, Taxation, State
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_009834
Title: Essay titled "The Clements Criminal Justice Reforms," undated
Description: Essay titled "The Clements Criminal Justice Reforms," undated, written on the evolution of Bill Clements' reaction to the Ruiz v Estelle ruling starting in 1987. Includes charts and graphs.
Page Count: 6
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Genre: Schedules (time plans)
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform