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Identifier: e_cle_005615
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Governor 'disappointed' parolees linked to death", October 24, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Governor 'disappointed' parolees linked to death", October 24, 1981
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Alternatives to imprisonment
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_005556
Title: Letter from William P. Clements to Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, March 27, 1980
Description: Letter from William P. Clements to Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, March 27, 1980. Regarding the denial of parole for David Ruiz.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_004985
Title: Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program, May 1981
Description: Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program. This program is intended to alleviate prison overcrowding by releasing prisoners to halfway houses. Governor Clements was advised that having prisoners sleeping on floors in TDC facilities would impair the State's ability to obtain a stay order in Ruiz v. Estelle.
Page Count: 4
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Parole, Halfway Houses, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005943
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements and prison fiasco," May 19, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements and prison fiasco," by George Kuemple, Dallas Morning News, May 19, 1982. Article describes William P. Clements, Jr,'s, response to prison overcrowding in the Texas prison system.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Kuempel, George
Subject Name: Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Litigation, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005150
Title: Memos from Johnny R. McCollum regarding Texas Department of Corrections Overcrowding, September 1981
Description: Memos from Johnny R. McCollum regarding Texas Department of Corrections overcrowding, September 1981. McCollum's file memo of September 29, 1981, summarizes his actions to avoid the Texas Department of Corrections reaching capacity. Related memos of September 23 and September 25 to Ruben Torres, John Onion, and Texas Supreme Court Judge Joe Greenhill outline the TDC's overcrowding problem and describe possible solutions.
Page Count: 7
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R., Whatley, Willis, J.
Contributor: Greenhill, Joe R., Torres, Ruben
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005151
Title: Letter, Memos, and Notes to William P. Clements, Jr., and Others Regarding Population of the Texas Department of Corrections, September-October 1981
Description: Annotated letter, memos, and notes regarding population of the Texas Department of Corrections, September -October 1981. Includes additional related memos and notes from Governor William P. Clements and administration officials including Walter O'Dell, Larry Janeck, Willis Whately, Ruben Torres, and Johnny R. McCollum.
Page Count: 7
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R., Whatley, Willis, J., Torres, Ruben, Janecek, Larry
Contributor: Wrotenbery, Paul T., Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Torres, Ruben, Whatley, Willis, J.
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle