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Identifier: e_cle_005526
Title: Memorandum from David A. Dean to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., May 8, 1981
Description: Memorandum from David A. Dean to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., May 8, 1981. The memo regards an attached letter to local elected officials by the Governor discussing the new conditional parole program to get 1,500 of the 3,000 inmates who now sleep on the floors of the Texas Department of Corrections on parole and into halfway houses by July 1, 1981.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005552
Title: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr., to the members of the Texas Board of Corrections, October 4, 1982
Description: Letter from William P. Clements, Jr., to the members of the Texas Board of Corrections, October 4, 1982. Regarding a meeting to approve processes to avoid prison overcrowding.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections, Texas. Department of Corrections, Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission for the Comprehensive Review of the Criminal Justice Corrections System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005159
Title: Memo from Jan Lindsey to Executive Management regarding Habitual Offenders Profile, April 9, 1981
Description: Memo from Jan Lindsey to Executive Management regarding Habitual Offenders Profile, April 9, 1981. Includes related prisoner confinement and conviction history charts.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Lindsey, Jan
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Recidivism
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_005353
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Appropriation panel approves emergency prison construction," March 4, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Appropriation panel approves emergency prison construction," March 4, 1981, by the Associated Press, in the Dallas Times Herald. The article describes approval by the House Appropriations Committee for building metal prison dormitories.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Appropriations Committee, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005013
Title: Memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean, regarding proposed order transferring Texas Department of Corrections Inmates to federal custody
Description: Undated memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean, regarding proposed order transferring Texas Department of Corrections Inmates involved in the Ruiz case to federal custody. McCollum cites potential savings of $249,000 to Texas taxpayers, since the inmates will be supported with federal funds.
Page Count: 1
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R.
Contributor: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Name: Ruíz, David Resendez, 1942-2005, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Litigation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_005525
Title: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to Ed Hunter, May 13, 1981
Description: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to Ed Hunter, May 13, 1981. The letter regards an attached editorial titled "Justice's order forcing State to come to grips with problem."
Page Count: 6
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Hunter, Ed
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_000768
Title: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to Louis Austin, Jr., December 2, 1981
Description: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr. to Louis Austin, Jr., December 2, 1981. Governor Clements discusses a letter from Mark White which talks about certain positions the Texas Department of Corrections would take to change the operation of the prisons. He further says that the Board of the Texas Department of Corrections must act to fulfill its responsibilities.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Austin, T. Louis, Jr.
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005137
Title: Letter from attorney Donna Brorby to William LaRowe, director of Texas Center for Correctional Services, October 23, 1980
Description: Letter from attorney Donna Brorby to William LaRowe, director of Texas Center for Correctional Services, October 23, 1980 regarding Ruiz v. Estelle case.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Brorby, Donna
Contributor: LaRowe, W.C.
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_000586
Title: Memo from B.D. Daniel to William P. Clements, Jr., May 19, 1982
Description: Memo from B.D. Daniel to William P. Clements, Jr., May 19, 1982, regarding Clements' veto of $32 million in Texas Department of Corrections funds.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Daniel, B.D.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Stone, Dary, Maddox, Mary Jane
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000491
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements opens special session to prisons," Henderson Daily News, May 26, 1982
Description: 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.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Baker, Kathy
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Clayton, Bill W., 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_013287
Title: Notes on Staff Meeting Held Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Description: Notes on Staff Meeting Held Wednesday, April 1, 1981. Regarding Bill Hobby and the budget, Bob Bullock, historic preservation, Medal of Honor recipients, and a work furlough program for prison inmates. Present for the meeting were Tobin Armstrong, Eddie Aurispa, George Bayoud, Doug Brown, Allen Clark, William P. Clements, Jr., Bob Clower, David Dean, Hilary Doran, Jon Ford, Janie Harris, David Herndon, Ray Huffines, Jim Kaster, Pat Oles, Karl Rove, Ed Vetter, Kay Woodward, and Paul Wrotenbery.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Harris, Janie
Subject Name: Bullock, Bob, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Texas. Department of Corrections, Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Subject Topic: Budget, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prison furloughs
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004221
Title: Letter from Jack Kyle to William P. Clements regarding the prioritization of appropriation items, June 4, 1979
Description: Letter from Jack Kyle to William P. Clements regarding the prioritization of appropriation items for the Texas Department of Corrections. Jack Kyle requests that none of the appropriation items be vetoed as the number of inmates is increasing.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Kyle, Jack
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_013609
Title: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982
Description: Transcript of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference, May 13, 1982, pp. 11-12, regarding Texas prison overcrowding and expenditures for prison construction.
Page Count: 2
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Zachry, Bartell, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_013284
Title: Notes on Staff Meeting held Tuesday, March 10, 1981
Description: Notes on Staff Meeting held Tuesday, March 10, 1981. Regarding the Wiretapping legislation, Texas water, a TSU financial aid scandal, and an appointment to the Department of Corrections Board. Present for the meeting were Tobin Armstrong, Eddie Aurispa, George Bayoud, Allen Clark, William P. Clements, Jr., Bob Clower, David Dean, Hilary Doran, Jon Ford, Janie Harris, Ray Huffines, Jim Kaster, George Strake, Kay Woodward, and Paul Wrotenbery.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Harris, Janie
Subject Name: Texas Southern University, Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Wiretapping, Water, Gasoline--Taxation, Fish and game licenses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments

Identifier: e_cle_007316
Title: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to T.L. Austin, May 12, 1982
Description: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to Texas Board of Corrections Chairman T.L. Austin, May 12, 1982, regarding a lack of cooperation between the Texas Board of Corrections and the Texas Department of Corrections.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Austin, Austin, T. Louis, Jr.
Subject Name: Texas. Board of Corrections, Collins, A. James, Texas. Department of Corrections
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005148
Title: Weekly Texas Department of Corrections Population Changes
Description: Weekly Texas Department of Corrections population reports sent from Johnny R. McCollum to David A. Dean. Weekly reports indicate the number of inmates received and released, the number of available beds, and number of inmates housed in tents, for the period May-December 1981.
Page Count: 24
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R.
Contributor: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Prisons administration
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001573
Title: Memorandum from Paul T. Wrotenbery to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 26, 1982
Description: Memorandum from Paul T. Wrotenbery to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., April 26, 1982. The memo regards a request by the Texas Department of Corrections for fact finding for utilization of funds appropriated for flexibility for unforseen developments for Fulbright & Jaworski in Ruiz vs Estelle. Attached is a letter from the Governor to Bob Bullock.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Fulbright & Jaworski, Texas. Department of Corrections, Bullock, Bob
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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_005024
Title: Memo from David A. Dean, to William P. Clements, regarding Contact with Jim Estelle, Executive Directory of Texas Department of Corrections, 19 January 1979
Description: Memo from David A. Dean, to William P. Clements, regarding Contact with Jim Estelle, Executive Directory of Texas Department of Corrections, 19 January 1979
Page Count: 1
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Name: Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas. Department of Corrections
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_001607
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding agenda for Texas Board of Corrections meeting, June 21, 1982
Description: Memo from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding agenda for Texas Board of Corrections meeting, June 21, 1982. Items on the agenda include Texas Department of Correction's decision to mix violent offenders with non-violent offenders, and the possibility of building greater capacity dormitory facilities.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Corrections
Subject Topic: Prisons administration, Prisons--Overcrowding
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ruiz v Estelle

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