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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_004969
Title: Memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean, May 5, 1981
Description: Memo from Johnny McCollum to David A. Dean, May 5, 1981, regarding Implementation of Halfway House Program for Parolees
Page Count: 3
Creator: McCollum, Johnny R.
Contributor: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Topic: Halfway Houses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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_005430
Title: Memo from Jan Lindsey to Bob Flowers Governor's New Conditional Parole Program, May 8, 1981
Description: Memo from Jan Lindsey to Bob Flowers Governor's New Conditional Parole Program. Lindsey reports various district attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs were contacted regarding the Parole Program. These individuals expressed support and appreciation for the Governor's program. The memo includes comments from those contacted.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Lindsey, Jan
Contributor: Flowers, Bob
Subject Topic: Parole, Halfway Houses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004971
Title: Memo from David Herndon to William P. Clements, December 18, 1981
Description: Collected memos to William P. Clements regarding Halfway Houses, December 1981
Page Count: 8
Creator: Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Halfway Houses
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

Identifier: e_cle_004970
Title: Memo from David A. Dean to Representative Jim Rudd, May 26, 1981
Description: Memo from David A. Dean to Representative Jim Rudd, May 26, 1981, regarding funding for halfway houses for parolees and probationers
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Topic: Halfway Houses, Parole
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

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_006936
Title: Transcript of Press Conference with Governor William P. Clements, Jr., December 3, 1981
Description: Transcript of Press Conference with Governor William P. Clements, Jr., December 3, 1981. Topics at the press conference include redistricting, the Voting Rights Act, special session, MX missiles, halfway houses, and the job performance of Jim Estelle.
Page Count: 14
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Estelle, Ward James, Jr.
Subject Topic: Election districts, Voting, Defense industries, Halfway Houses
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"