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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_000586
Title: Memo from B.D. Daniel to William P. Clements, Jr., May 19, 1982
Description: Memo from B.D. Daniel to William P. Clements, Jr., May 19, 1982, regarding Clements' veto of $32 million in Texas Department of Corrections funds.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Daniel, B.D.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Stone, Dary, Maddox, Mary Jane
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_009818
Title: Memo from Rider Scott to William P. Clements regarding William Wayne Justice, February 27, 1987
Description: Memo from Rider Scott to William P. Clements regarding William Wayne Justice. Scott discusses inviting Judge Justice to visit TDC units. Includes notes made by Governor Clements reading "I would like to be with him at one of the units for a short time - maybe at the tail end of his visit!"
Page Count: 3
Creator: Scott, Rider
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000587
Title: Memo from B.D. Daniel to William P. Clements regarding Fifth Circuit ruling in prison case, June 24, 1982
Description: Memo from B.D. Daniel to William P. Clements regarding Fifth Circuit ruling in the prison case Ruiz v. Estelle, June 24, 1982, in which a strategy is employed to deal with Judge Justice's ruling and White's victory as Attorney General.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Daniel, B.D.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Stone, Dary, Maddox, Mary Jane
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, White, Mark, 1940-, Texas Prison System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001574
Title: Memorandum from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 23, 1982
Description: Memorandum from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 23, 1982. The memo encompasses a summary of settlement agreement on building tender issues, approved by Wayne Justice.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001683
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Bill Clements, July 2, 1982
Description: Memo from David Herndon to Bill Clements, July 2, 1982, regarding the Ruiz v. Estelle ruling and press releases. Includes clippings and secondary memos.
Page Count: 8
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Criminal Justice Division Advisory Board
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013789
Title: Memo from B.D. Daniel to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison controversy, May 19, 1982
Description: Memo from B.D. Daniel of the Governor Clements Campaign to William P. Clements, Jr., regarding prison controversy, May 19, 1982. Daniel reviews Clements' veto of prison construction funds and discusses Mark White's criticism of prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Daniel, B.D.
Contributor: Stone, Dary, Maddox, Mary Jane, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, White, Mark, 1940-, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Veto
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_004551
Title: Letter from Attorney General Mark White to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., June 14, 1982
Description: Letter from Attorney General Mark White to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., June 14, 1982, regarding Judge William Wayne Justice's rulings in the Ruiz v. Estelle case and new building codes.
Page Count: 3
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

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"