Texas Parole Board Removes Onerous Sex Offender Conditions from 176 Parolees by In November 2011, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles removed the sex offender designations from 176 parolees who were subject to stringent parole restrictions known as Condition “X,” but had never been convicted of a sex offense. …
Dallas County Passes Jail Inspections ... Finally by It took eight tries over seven years, but the nation’s seventh-largest jail system, located in Dallas County, Texas, has finally started passing inspections by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), most recently in March 2012. Adam Munoz, executive director of the …
Fifth Circuit Issues Landmark Ruling on Texas Prison System Correspondence Rules by Texas state prisoner Guadalupe Guajardo filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the restrictions on prisoners correspondence in Texas prisons. After partial settlement, the court ruled that, because only declaratory judgment was …
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Case Involving Texas Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reluctantly affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a Texas jail suicide case. In April 2004, 23-year old Jamie Whitt was arrested on three misdemeanor charges and lodged in the Stephens County Jail. …
Houston, Texas Must Disclose Fatal Police Shooting Records by A Texas federal court granted Plaintiffs' motion to compel discovery filed by the estate of a man who was fatally shot by police. It also denied Defendants' motion for a protective order. Roland Carnaby was shot and killed by two members …
Doe v. Neveleff, TX, 2nd Amended Complaint, ICE Detainee Sexual Abuse, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00907-LY Document 122 Filed 05/05/12 Page 1 of 88 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SARAH DOE; KIMBERLY DOE; RAQUEL DOE; ANNA ROE; BETH ROE; CONSTANCE ROE; EMILY ROE; AND GEORGINA …
Kinney County, 2nd Amended Agreement (GEO, CEC), 2012 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT This Second Amended and Restated Facility Operation and Management Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement") is entered into by and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter "County") and COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERS, INC., (hereinafter called "Operator") to become …
The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, by Michael Berryhill (University of Texas Press, 2011). 244 pages, $29.95 by Mel Motel Book review by Mel Motel The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System opens with a …
Texas Prison Guard Gets Five Years for Scalding Child by Alex Friedmann On February 29, 2012, former Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison guard Henry Benson III, 31, was convicted by a state court jury of “recklessly” burning a child he was babysitting. Benson, formerly employed at the Connally Unit …
Texas Harasses, Denies Compensation to Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas has a generous compensation package for prisoners who are exonerated, which includes $80,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, an annuity with annual payments in the same amount, free college tuition and free medical care. [See: PLN, …
Texas Prisoner Health Care Underfunded by On average, Texas spends less on prisoner health care than other states – about half the amount that California spends. However, medical care for California prisoners was found to be unconstitutionally inadequate, leading a federal court to order reductions in the state’s prison population …
Duarte v. City of Lewisville, TX, Complaint, sex offender residence restrictions, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION AURELIO DUARTE; WYNJEAN DUARTE; BRANDI DUARTE; and SAVANA DUARTE, a Minor, By and through Wynjean Duarte, acting as her Next Friend; No. __________________ Plaintiffs V. THE CITY OF …
Death Sentence Reversed Due to “Accidental” Perjury by Texas Prison Investigator by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a death sentence imposed on a state prisoner convicted of capital murder, because a prison investigator had falsely described the prisoner classification system in the Texas …
Texas Psychologist Who Approved Prisoners for Execution Receives Reprimand by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas psychologist who used questionable methods to examine over a dozen Texas death row prisoners prior to their trials, and found them intellectually competent to face the death penalty, has been fined for using …
Texas Prisoners Serve Average of 58% of Their Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a recent report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), during fiscal year (FY) 2010, Texas state prisoners served an average of 58% of their sentences before being released. That percentage is …
Texas Prison Employees Accused of Improper Relationships with Sex Offenders by Three Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employees have been accused of engaging in improper relationships with prisoners in sex offender evaluation or treatment programs at the Goree Unit in Huntsville. Two of the employees were counselors in the …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Credits Sentence with Time on Appeal Bond by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a man who erroneously remained free on an appeal bond for 21 years was entitled to full credit toward his sentence. Claus Detref Thiles was sentenced to 16 years …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Rules Against Parole Board on Imposition of Sex Offender Restrictions on Non-Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles was required to provide due process in the form of a …
Texas Prisoner on Idaho Presidential Primary Ballot in 2008 by Mark Wilson During the 2008 Democratic primary election, Idaho voters had three choices for president: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Keith Russell Judd. At the time, Judd was serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas on a …
Texas Towns Saddled with Empty, Expensive Privatized Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2011, anyone with at least $5 million to spare was invited to bid on a 373-bed, state-of-the-art, turn-key minimum-security prison on 30 acres of land in the cotton-farming town of Littlefield, Texas. …
