Proposed Change in Texas DWI Law
Like Texas didn't already have enough ways to put people in jail, lawmakers are not going to discuss adding a new crime of Driving While Abilities Impaired (DWAI). This will allow charges to be brought...
View ArticleLife Without Parole for Juveniles in Texas
In a move that surprised no one, the Texas Court if Criminal Appeals upheld the life without parole sentence for a juvenile convicted of murdering to San Antonio friends in 2006. The vote was split 7-2...
View ArticleNew Link to the Texas House Corrections Committee Audio Minutes
For those of you who are interested, and you should be interested if you have a loved one in prison and/or looking at parole, there is a link in the sidebar on the right to the Texas House Corrections...
View ArticleTexas Prison Budget Cut Proposals
I actually started working on this post a week ago, but was waiting to post until I heard more about the plans. Since there hasn't been anything new for a week or so, I thought it was time to go ahead...
View ArticleNews from the Texas Legislature
As many of you know, the Texas House Corrections Committee and the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee are the sections of the legislature that plan and suggest changes to the Texas parole system....
View ArticleTexas Attorney General Greg Abbott Attempts to Limit Review of Bad Evidence...
On Friday, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a ruling on limitations he believes are imposed on the Forensic Science Commission’s ability to investigate past cases, even those which result in...
View ArticleInmate Health Care Cut Again – Shame on Texas!
Starting September 1, the health care funding for inmates in the prison system in Texas will be cut by $ 75 million dollars. According to statements by Brad Livingston, executive director of the...
View ArticleNew Laws Go Into Effect on 9/1/2011
Just a reminder, in Texas the new laws go into effect on September 1 of the year of a legislative session, which is today. While there are around 700 new Texas laws which took effect today there are 3...
View ArticleNew Parole Law Makes it Easier for Foreigners to Achieve Parole
While Texas politicians are concerned with keeping Texans behind bars (and reducing any rehabilitative programs as well as food programs in the prison system), the budget woes allowed them a backdoor...
View ArticleAnother Effort To Privatize Prisons in Texas
Texas Prison Bid'ness, an excellent website keeping an eye on the private prison industry in Texas, has a good article at this link. They address the fact that Texas lawmakers once again tried to...
View ArticleAdult Parole System in Texas
The Texas Legislative Budget Board staff recently published a two-page brief titled Adult Parole in Texas which provides a general overview of budget items affecting parole.
View ArticleGood Article on the Private Prison Industry / Racket
Although we usually focus on issues involving Texas prison life or Texas parole or, even more often, Texas parole packets, we do keep an eye on anything to do with the Texas prison system. Politico...
View ArticleDoing Time – It’s What You Make of It
Original Intent of Website Huntsville Prison. Huntsville, Texas While this website was originally conceived to assist people who were further along in their sentence and preparing for parole, we...
View ArticleShredded Parole Documents Could Reduce Parole Chances for Thousands of Inmates
A policy change in 2012 at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lead to the destruction of parole support documents for 86,000 prisoners eligible for parole. In August of 2012, the Texas Department...
View ArticleNew Link to the Texas House Corrections Committee Audio Minutes
For those of you who are interested, and you should be interested if you have a loved one in prison and/or looking at parole, there is a link in the sidebar on the right to the Texas House Corrections...
View ArticleTexas Prison Budget Cut Proposals
I actually started working on this post a week ago, but was waiting to post until I heard more about the plans. Since there hasn't been anything new for a week or so, I thought it was time to go ahead...
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