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- Identifier
- e_cle_009813
- Title
- Memo from Scott Rider to Knox Fitzpatrick, June 20, 1990
- Description
- Memo from Scott Rider to Knox Fitzpatrick, June 20, 1990, includes organizational charts, construction costs, and other details covered during a construction briefing held to review the status of construction projects/issues undertaken by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
- Page Count
- 8
- Creator
- Scott, Rider
- Contributor
- Fitzpatrick, Knox
- Subject Name
- Terrell, Charles T., Polunsky, Alan, Texas. Board of Corrections, Texas. Department of Criminal Justice
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
- 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
- Identifier
- e_cle_005560
- Title
- Newspaper clipping headlined, "To assist in TDC appeal White hires private law firm," July 14, 1981
- Description
- Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post by Tom Nelson headlined, "To assist in TDC appeal White hires private law firm," July 14, 1981, regarding Ruiz v. Estelle lawsuit against the Texas Department of Corrections.
- Page Count
- 1
- Subject Name
- Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Board of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle, Mark White
- Identifier
- e_cle_000474
- Title
- Newspaper clipping headlined: "Clements orders prisons to open gates by Monday," May, 14, 1982
- Description
- Newspaper clipping headlined: "Clements orders prisons to open gates by Monday," El Paso Times, May, 14, 1982. After Texas prisons closed due to overcrowding, Clements criticized the Texas Board of Corrections and ordered them to continue absorbing prisoners.
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- Dusek, Ron
- Subject Name
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Estelle, Ward James, Jr., Texas Prison System, Texas. Board of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Ruiz v Estelle
- Identifier
- e_cle_004566
- Title
- News release written for Bill Clements, June 9, 1982
- Description
- News release written for Bill Clements, June 9, 1982, regarding the state of Texas prisons, overcrowding, and the state's response to overcrowding.
- Page Count
- 3
- Contributor
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011
- Subject Name
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Board of Corrections
- Subject Topic
- Prisons--Overcrowding
- Themebook Term(s)
- Criminal Justice Reform