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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_014524
Title: Group of documents regarding Texas Department of Criminal Justice construction of new facilities, March 1990-April 1990
Description: Group of documents regarding Texas Department of Criminal Justice construction of new facilities, March 1990-April 1990. Included are a letter from Texas Department of Criminal Justice Chairman James Collins to Texas Board of Criminal Justice Chair Charles Terrell summarizing the history of state lands for prisons and including a chart, "Violence in the TDCJ-ID, 1983-1989"; two letters from Brown & Root representative R.B. Henke to Texas Department of Criminal Justice representative Larry Fickel regarding construction questions; minutes of a monthly construction meeting of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and an annotated meeting agenda.
Page Count: 22
Creator: Collins, A. James, Texas. Department of Criminal Justice
Contributor: Terrell, Charles T., Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Construction projects, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Texas History, Public lands
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014239
Title: A Report to the Governor on Prison and Jail Overcrowding, Activities of the Parole Board (Part 2), October 10, 1988
Description: A Report to the Governor on Prison and Jail Overcrowding, Activities of the Parole Board (Part 2), October 10, 1988. Regarding correspondence with the Governor's Offices regarding prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 110
Creator: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014518
Title: Texas Department of Corrections Report titled "Inmate Education Level," July 1989
Description: Texas Department of Corrections Report titled "Inmate Education Level," July 1989. Report compares education levels among inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections and provides the results for five Texas counties.
Page Count: 12
Creator: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Education, Prisons, Literacy
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_006133
Title: Report titled "Alternatives to Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections," April 6, 1981
Description: Report titled "Alternatives to Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections." Includes the following attachments: TDC's Construction Schedule Over 1982-1983 Biennium, costs, and Comparison of Prison Capacity charts.
Page Count: 14
Creator: Office of General Counsel and Criminal Justice Division
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Halfway Houses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014520
Title: Texas Department of Criminal Justice Report titled "Inmate Education Level," January 1990
Description: Texas Department of Criminal Justice Report titled "Inmate Education Level," February1990. Report compares education levels of inmates from the five largest Texas counties.
Page Count: 15
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice
Subject Topic: Prisons, Education
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_014454
Title: Report titled "Emergency Fact Finding by Criminal Justice Policy Council", January 26, 1988
Description: Report titled "Emergency Fact Finding by Criminal Justice Policy Council", January 26, 1988. Topics include methods to make prisons more safe and optimizing Texas Prisons.
Page Count: 28
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Criminals--Rehabilitation, Prisons, Prisons--Overcrowding
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_014522
Title: Texas Department of Criminal Justice Report titled "Inmate Education Level," April 1990
Description: Texas Department of Criminal Justice Report titled "Inmate Education Level," April 1990. Report compares education levels of inmates from the five largest Texas counties.
Page Count: 14
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice
Subject Topic: Prisons, Education
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000585
Title: Report titled "Record/accomplishments," regarding prison reform
Description: Report titled "Record/accomplishments" regarding prison reform, circa 1982. Due to the ruling in Ruiz v. Estelle, Clements obtained a $35 million emergency fund to help the Texas Department of Corrections house 3,000 inmates.
Page Count: 1
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_014238
Title: A Report to the Governor on Prison and Jail Overcrowding, Activities of the Parole Board, October 10, 1988
Description: A Report to the Governor on Prison and Jail Overcrowding, Activities of the Parole Board, October 10, 1988. Regarding Prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 54
Creator: Texas. Governor's Budget and Planning Office
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013738
Title: Report titled "Position paper on overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections"
Description: Report titled "Position paper on overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections". List of actions taken to relieve the overcrowding.
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_004382
Title: Corrections Report, undated
Description: Undated report from the Texas Department of Corrections, including information regarding the system's history and its challenges.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_001371
Title: Report titled "Issue Brief: regarding Prisons," August 15, 1985
Description: Report titled "Issue Brief: regarding Prisons," August 15, 1985. Report is regarding the Ruiz v. Estelle case, and how it will affect the Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 5
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle