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- Identifier
- e_cle_013773
- Title
- Briefing for press conference, December 3, 1981
- Description
- Briefing for press conference, December 3, 1981, regarding redistricting, political opponents, political polls, Ruiz lawsuit, visit to Lopez Portillo, and illegal alien education.
- Page Count
- 1
- Subject Topic
- Election districts, Political campaigns, Prisons--Overcrowding, Illegal aliens
- 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_004988
- Title
- Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Update of April 6, 1981, Report on Alternatives to Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections, August 6, 1981
- Description
- Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Update of April 6, 1981, Report on Alternatives to Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections. Dean advises Governor Clements that the inmate population at TDC facilities will increase by 350-375 inmates per month, how Judge Justice's order will affect the number of beds, and the number of beds that will be available/required at the end of the biennium
- Page Count
- 2
- Creator
- Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948-
- Contributor
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011
- Subject Name
- Texas. Department of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_013776
- Title
- Briefing for Press Conference, December 18, 1981
- Description
- Briefing for Press Conference, December 18, 1981 with attached memo from David Herndon to Clements regarding a possible settlement in the Ruiz case. Regarding presentation to the Lombardi winner, Ruiz case, Mark White, teacher salaries, Proxmire Golden Fleece award.
- Page Count
- 3
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_004983
- Title
- Memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean regarding Texas Department of Corrections Report on Methods to Reduce Prison Population, January 7, 1981
- Description
- Memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean regarding Texas Department of Corrections Report on Methods to Reduce Prison Population. After a working paper/proposal from TDC was released without notification to the governor, McCollum and others decided all future public proposals will be released with the coordination of TDC, the Attorney General's Office, and the Governor's Office.
- Page Count
- 2
- Creator
- McCollum, Johnny R.
- Contributor
- Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948-
- Subject Name
- Texas. Department of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding, Alternatives to imprisonment
- 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
- Identifier
- e_cle_004984
- Title
- Position Paper on Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections, April 30, 1981
- Description
- Position Paper on Overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections. The paper covers five recommendations: diversions to halfway houses, increased funding for halfway houses, appropriation of additional funds to purchase Harris County Rehabilitation Center, appropriation of funds for TDC to contract with private construction companies to build new prison facilities, and opposition to any legislation authorizing work furlough release to private residences. Includes budget.
- Page Count
- 4
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_004986
- Title
- Letter from William P. Clements to Ed Hunter regarding information contained in an newspaper article, May 13, 1981
- Description
- Letter from William P. Clements to Ed Hunter, executive editor of the Houston Post, regarding information contained in an newspaper article. Clements claims that the article in question, "Justice's order forcing State to come to grips with problem" by Richard Vara, contains misinformation about the overcrowding issue in Texas prisons, according to Governor Clements. Included among the errors the Governor cites are: his lack of addressing the overcrowding issue; the Governor's actions involving the Board of Pardons and Paroles; and, his undercutting the Texas Department of Corrections.
- Page Count
- 4
- Creator
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011
- Contributor
- Hunter, Ed
- Subject Name
- Texas. Department of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding, Prisons
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle