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e_cle_005137
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Letter from attorney Donna Brorby to William LaRowe, director of Texas Center for Correctional Services, October 23, 1980
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Description
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Letter from attorney Donna Brorby to William LaRowe, director of Texas Center for Correctional Services, October 23, 1980 regarding Ruiz v. Estelle case.
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Page Count
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2
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Creator
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Brorby, Donna
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Contributor
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LaRowe, W.C.
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Subject Name
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Texas Prison System, Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000394
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements: State has paid too much to fight prison reform," Houston Chronicle, March 27, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements: State has paid too much to fight prison reform," Houston Chronicle, March 27, 1982 regarding Clements argument with Mark White, who hired lawyers to assist an appeal of prison legislation.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Smith, Glenn
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_000491
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Baker, Kathy
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Clayton, Bill W., Texas. Department of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_005145
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Title
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Letter to William P. Clements, Jr., from TDC inmate Emiliano F. Magana, March 26, 1979
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Description
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Letter to William P. Clements, Jr. from TDC inmate Emiliano F. Magana, March 26, 1979, regarding his treatment in prison and his case against prisoner David Ruiz.
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Page Count
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5
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Creator
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Magana, Emiliano Figueroa
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Contributor
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005, Texas. Good Neighbor Commission
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Parole
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000434
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone call on prisons rekindles White-Clements feud," May 16,1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone call on prisons rekindles White-Clements feud", Waco Tribune-Herald, May 16,1982. Gov. Clements battles his Attorney General Mark White over prison reform after the Texas Board of Corrections refuses to accept any more prisoners.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Henry, John C.
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Texas Prison System, Texas. Board of Corrections
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White
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Identifier
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e_cle_005144
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Title
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Letter from Emiliano Figueroa Magana to William P. Clements, Jr., (Dary Stone), May 1, 1979
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Description
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Letter from Emiliano Figueroa Magana to William P. Clements, Jr., (Dary Stone), May 1, 1979, regarding treatment of Mexican nationals in Texas prisons. States Magana's reasons for withdrawing his case against prisoner David Ruiz.
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Page Count
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4
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Creator
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Magana, Emiliano Figueroa
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Contributor
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Stone, Dary, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Name
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Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005, Texas. Good Neighbor Commission
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Subject Topic
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Litigation, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000433
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "A little planning could help prisons", May 12, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "A little planning could help prisons", Waco Tribune Herald, May 12, 1982. Editorial commenting on overcrowd prisons and legislative gridlock in financing the prison system.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_000473
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Legislature to consider prison issue", May 26, 1982
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Description
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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.
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Page Count
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2
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Creator
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Dusek, Ron
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Subject Name
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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-
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons, Property tax
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform, Bill Hobby
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Identifier
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e_cle_000500
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Critics slam Clements' session call", May 23, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Critics slam Clements' session call", News-Messenger, May 23, 1982, wherein Clements calls a special legislative session in order to repeal the state property tax, but critics feel that prison overcrowding is the real legislative emergency.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Property tax
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Identifier
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e_cle_000494
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Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements compares White to Hitler", Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph, May 11, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined: "Clements compares White to Hitler", Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph, May 11, 1982. White criticizes Clements about his 1979 veto of $30 million appropriation for construction, blaming that veto on a prison overcrowding cruising and the Texas Department of Corrections freezing prisoner intake.
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Page Count
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1
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas Prison System
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle
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Identifier
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e_cle_000432
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Title
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Area legislators shy from session on full prisons," May 23, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Area legislators shy from session on full prisons," Tribune-Herald, May 23, 1982, describes a special session called to abolish a state property tax. Also describes disagreements about addressing prison overcrowding.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Carr, Paul
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Subject Name
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Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Property tax
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Legislation, Criminal Justice Reform
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Identifier
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e_cle_000446
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas prison system trying to keep inmates, courts happy," June 27, 1982
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Description
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Newspaper clipping headlined, "Texas prison system trying to keep inmates, courts happy," Waco Tribune-Herald, June 27, 1982. Governor Clements claims a victory when a remedy for prison overcrowding was struck down by a lower court, even though the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rules that Texas prison conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
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Page Count
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1
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Creator
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Rawls, Wendel, Jr.
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Subject Name
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Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Subject Topic
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Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
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Time Period
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"Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
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Themebook Term(s)
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Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle