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Identifier: e_cle_014500
Title: Speech by Texas Board of Corrections Chairman Charles Terrell, regarding a report on Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit, April 8, 1988
Description: Speech by Texas Board of Corrections Chairman Charles Terrell, regarding a report on Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit, April 8, 1988. Terrell responds to a favorable ruling Special Master Vince Nathan, who was charged with oversight of the Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Terrell, Charles T.
Contributor: Mattox, Jim, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas Criminal Justice Task Force
Subject Name: Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014517
Title: Group of documents regarding Texas Department of Corrections Capacity Expansion, July 1989
Description: Group of documents regarding Texas Department of Corrections Capacity Expansion, July 1989. Documents include Texas Department of Corrections update on inmate bed capacity, July 17, 1989; two charts showing TDC projected increase in beds in 1989-199; and a memorandum from Special Master J. Michael Keating proposing a variety of methods for relieving prison overcrowding in Harris County, July 28, 1989.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Keating, J. Michael, Texas. Department of Corrections
Contributor: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prison furloughs, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014514
Title: Policy document titled "Prison Financing and Construction Plan," July 1987
Description: Policy document titled "Prison Financing and Construction Plan," July 1987. Governor William P. Clements, Jr., forwards this document, produced by Rider Scott, to the special session of the 70th Texas Legislature in support of his proposal for new prison construction.
Page Count: 71
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Scott, Rider
Contributor: Texas. Legislature, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Name: Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
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