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Identifier: e_cle_004667
Title: Letter from David Herndon to Ruben Torres, Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, September 2, 1982
Description: Letter from David Herndon to Ruben Torres, Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, September 2, 1982. Request for projected paroles for the coming year.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Torres, Ruben
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_006575
Title: News release from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding recent appointments, January 3, 1980
Description: News release from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding recent appointments, January 3, 1980. Appointments include Donn Woolery and Glenn Heckman as Parole Commissioners, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject Name: Woolery, Donn, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Heckman, Glenn
Subject Topic: Appointment to office
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments

Identifier: e_cle_004999
Title: Memo from Paul Wrotenbery to William P. Clements regarding Review of General Counsel Memorandum Texas Parole System, July 8, 1980
Description: Memo from Paul Wrotenbery to William P. Clements regarding Review of General Counsel Memorandum Texas Parole System: Recommended Administrative and Legislative Reform. Wrontenbery informs Governor Clements that his staff has reviewed the General Counsel Memo and recommended structural changes to the parole system. Those changes include: making Commissioners Board employees and giving the governor authority to select a chairman. His staff disagrees with the Ad Hoc Committee recommendations for community based alternatives to incarceration and merging the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Adult Probation Commission.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Office of General Counsel and Criminal Justice Division, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005635
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Lawyer formerly in clemency office aids inmates seeking parole," December 6, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Lawyer formerly in clemency office aids inmates seeking parole," December 6, 1981
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_001635
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Bill Clements, August 17, 1982
Description: Memo David Herndon to Bill Clements, August 17, 1982, regarding the possible pardon of Kenneth Malinowski
Page Count: 1
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Pardon, Sex crimes, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_006362
Title: Press release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. regarding appointments, October 27, 1981
Description: Press release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. regarding appointments, October 27, 1981. Press release announcing the appointment of Ruben M. Torres and George G. Killinger to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Rita Clements, Hilary Doran, and Jim Sanders to the Capitol Centennial Committee, Virginia Marie Bauman and Judy Taylor to the State Board of Pharmacy, and Joseph E. Gardner, Jr. and Mary Ellen Jericho to the State Board of Dental Examiners.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Capitol Centennial Committee, Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Torres, Ruben M., Torres, Ruben, Crocker-Clements, Rita, 1931-, Doran, Hilary, Jr., Sanders, Jim, Bauman, Virginia Marie, Gardner, Joseph E., Jericho, Mary Ellen, Taylor, Judy
Subject Topic: Appointment to office
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments, Rita Crocker Clements

Identifier: e_cle_006920
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, May 7, 1981
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Press Conference, May 7, 1981, regarding paroling Texas Department of Corrections prisoners to reduce overcrowding.
Page Count: 12
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Election districts
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_000582
Title: Speech prepared for Bill Clements presentation to the Texas Probation Association on April 19, 1982
Description: Speech prepared for Bill Clements presentation to the Texas Probation Association on April 19, 1982, regarding the Texas War on Drugs, prison overcrowding, and general anti-crime rhetoric.
Page Count: 10
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texans War on Drugs Committee
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_002110
Title: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Ruben Torres, Connie Jackson, and George Killinger, May 7, 1982
Description: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Ruben Torres, Connie Jackson, and George Killinger, May 7, 1982. Letter to the Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and two board members regarding prison overcrowding and releasing inmates to mandatory supervision six months prior to their minimum sentence expiration date.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Torres, Ruben, Jackson, Connie, Killinger, George G. (George Glenn), 1908-1993
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole, Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005007
Title: News Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding the appointment of Donn D. Woolery of Amarillo and Glenn Heckman of Brazoria as Parole Commissioners, January 3, 1980
Description: News Release from the Office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding the appointment of Donn D. Woolery of Amarillo and Glenn Heckman of Brazoria as Parole Commissioners, January 3, 1980
Page Count: 1
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Woolery, Donn, Heckman, Glenn, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Appointment to office
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments

Identifier: e_cle_007154
Title: Group of documents regarding a parole violation, comprised of correspondence between Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., October 1980-November 1980
Description: Group of documents regarding the parole violation concerning an Arkansas citizen, comprised of correspondence between Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., October 1980-November 1980. Governor Clinton asks that Texas officials allow Melvin Fairfield to serve his parole in Arkansas.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clinton, Bill, 1946-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Clinton, Bill, 1946-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Clemency Office
Subject Topic: Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_005953
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements warns board to keep prisons open," September 29, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements warns board to keep prisons open," by Ann Arnold, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 29, 1982, regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s response to the prison overcrowding crisis.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Arnold, Ann
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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_004979
Title: Agenda for September 2, 1981 Meeting with Governor Clements, Jim Estelle, and Ruben Torres
Description: Agenda for September 2, 1981 Meeting with Governor Clements, Jim Estelle, and Ruben Torres. Agenda items relate to the Texas Department of Corrections and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_004981
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Paroles, November 24, 1980
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to William P. Clements regarding Board of Pardons and Paroles. The memo was prepared for the purpose of assisting the governor when asked questions regarding the Board and the governor's role in the parole process. While the governor had a high parole denial rate of 28 percent, the overcrowding issue is due to more people committing crimes and prison construction not keeping up with that pace.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001731
Title: Memo from Polly Sowell through Hilary Doran to William P. Clements regarding opening session to prisons, May 24, 1982
Description: Memo from Polly Sowell through Hilary Doran to William P. Clements regarding opening session to prisons, 24 May 1982. Polly recommends not opening the session to prisons as the Texas Department of Corrections will not speed up construction of new bed space but David Herndon thinks it must be included as long as the Texas Department of Corrections is willing to use the money to alleviate overcrowding issues.
Creator: Sowell, Polly, 1927-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Herndon, David
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, State governments, Property tax, Constitutional amendments
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Estelle v. Ruiz, Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004980
Title: Personal Notes of Johnny R. McCollum from the September 2, 1981, meeting with Governor Clements and members of the Texas Department of Corrections
Description: Personal notes of Johnny R. McCollum from the September 2, 1981, meeting with Governor Clements and members of the Texas Department of Corrections. Also in attendance: Board of Corrections members T.L. Roach, Lindsey Waters, and Harry Whittington; Texas Department of Corrections Director Jim Estelle; and Ruben Torres, Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Topics covered include: the emergency appropriation construction project, security staff recruitment, site selection, and use of federal facilities for prison.
Page Count: 3
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R.
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013675
Title: Briefing for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference questions, January 3, 1980
Description: Annotated briefing for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference questions, January 3, 1980, regarding appointment to the Texas parole board and federal bill lifting state usury limits. Attach is Associated Press clipping headlined, "Pemex disputes claim Ixtoc oil threat to Texas," undated.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: PEMEX Exploración y Producción, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Interest rates, Oil Spills, Press Conference
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ixtoc I oil spill

Identifier: e_cle_005002
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to Chief Justice Joe Greenhill regarding the Board of Pardons and Paroles, October 9, 1980
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to Chief Justice Joe Greenhill regarding the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Dean explains the establishment of a chairman, appointed by the governor, for the three members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, as an efficient way to designate a new chairman, rather than an attempt by the governor to increase his authority over the board.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Greenhill, Joe R.
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005429
Title: Bill Analysis on Board of Pardons and Paroles - Amendments, undated
Description: Bill Analysis on Board of Pardons and Paroles - Amendments, undated. The Bill brings accountability to the Board, establishes a statewide system of halfway houses and provides relief to victims of crimes where restitution should be made.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Subject Topic: Halfway Houses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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