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- Identifier
- e_cle_006123
- Title
- Press release regarding new conditional parole program, May 7, 1981
- Description
- Press release regarding new conditional parole program. This parole program will release inmates to halfway houses to help solve the overcrowding issue addressed in Ruiz v. Estelle.
- Page Count
- 4
- Subject Topic
- Parole, Halfway Houses
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_005004
- Title
- Memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean, regarding funding for halfway houses under proposed bill amendments, December 15, 1980
- Description
- Memo from Clemency Directory Johnny McCollum to General Counsel David A. Dean, forwarded to Paul Wrotenbury, regarding funding for halfway houses under proposed bill amendments, December 15, 1980. The memo responds to the Estelle v. Ruiz ruling by Judge William Wayne Justice requiring reduction of prison populations.
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- McCollum, Johnny R.
- Contributor
- Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- , Wrotenbery, Paul T.
- Subject Name
- Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Halfway Houses, Prisons administration
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle, Criminal Justice Reform
- 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_004985
- Title
- Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program, May 1981
- Description
- Press release concerning the Conditional Parole Program. This program is intended to alleviate prison overcrowding by releasing prisoners to halfway houses. Governor Clements was advised that having prisoners sleeping on floors in TDC facilities would impair the State's ability to obtain a stay order in Ruiz v. Estelle.
- Page Count
- 4
- Subject Name
- Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Subject Topic
- Parole, Halfway Houses, Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_004987
- Title
- Halfway House and Inmate Tent Program, July 30, 1981
- Description
- Halfway House and Inmate Tent Program. Governor Clements discusses the terms inmates agree to when released to a halfway house and the plan's necessity to relieve triple ceiling. He also discusses the tent program where 1091 inmates had been successfully housed in tents.
- Page Count
- 2
- Subject Topic
- Halfway Houses, Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle