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- Identifier
- e_cle_005137
- Title
- Letter from attorney Donna Brorby to William LaRowe, director of Texas Center for Correctional Services, October 23, 1980
- Description
- Letter from attorney Donna Brorby to William LaRowe, director of Texas Center for Correctional Services, October 23, 1980 regarding Ruiz v. Estelle case.
- Page Count
- 2
- Creator
- Brorby, Donna
- Contributor
- LaRowe, W.C.
- Subject Name
- Texas Prison System, Texas. Department of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_000491
- Title
- Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982
- Description
- Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," by Kathy Baker, Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982. Clements calls a special session in order to address prison overcrowding and appropriate an emergency fund for the Texas Department of Corrections to add 4,000 more beds.
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- Baker, Kathy
- Subject Name
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Clayton, Bill W., Texas. Department of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_000473
- Title
- Newspaper clipping headlined, "Legislature to consider prison issue", May 26, 1982
- Description
- Newspaper clipping headlined, "Legislature to consider prison issue", May 26, 1982. By Ron Dusek, published in the El Paso Times. Regarding Clements' announcement that he will open the special session of the Legislature to the issue of prison overcrowding.
- Page Count
- 2
- Creator
- Dusek, Ron
- Subject Name
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Clayton, Bill W., Texas. Department of Corrections, Moreno, Paul, Polk, Mary, Coleman, Ronald D. (Ronald D'Emory), 1941-
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons, Property tax
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Criminal Justice Reform, Bill Hobby
- Identifier
- e_cle_002094
- Title
- Letter from Bruce Lipshy to William P. Clements, Jr. with attached memos, August 26, 1982
- Description
- Letter from Bruce Lipshy to William P. Clements, Jr. with attached memos, August 26, 1982. Regarding Ruiz v. Estelle and the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Criminal Justice Corrections System.
- Page Count
- 7
- Creator
- Lipshy, Bruce
- Contributor
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011
- Subject Name
- Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System, Texas. Department of Corrections, Nathan, Vincent M., Cooper, Charles, Gray, Richard E. III, Viterna, Robert O., Turner, William Bennett, Kyle, Jack, Newby, Ross, Adams, James B., Jackson, Connie, Stiles, Don R., Bounds, Leo, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
- Subject Topic
- Criminal Justice, Administration of
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform
- 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_005141
- Title
- Letter from David A. Dean to William Bennett Turner, May 14, 1980
- Description
- Letter from David A. Dean to William Bennett Turner, May 14, 1980, regarding Governor Clements' denial of parole to David Ruiz.
- Page Count
- 2
- Creator
- Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948-
- Contributor
- Turner, William Bennett
- Subject Name
- Texas. Department of Corrections, Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005
- Subject Topic
- Parole
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle