Thursday, March 31, 2011

Texas youth inmates paid for work

Texas youth inmates paid for work

Grits for Breakfast: Programming cuts v. prison closures: The inevitabl...

Grits for Breakfast: Programming cuts v. prison closures: The inevitabl...: "Prison closures were abated and some of the probation and treatment funds scheduled for cuts were restored in the state budget on the Senate..."

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ units with most cell phone contraband discove...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ units with most cell phone contraband discove...: "The website Texas Watchdog asked the Department of Criminal Justice for a unit-by-unit breakdown of contraband cell phones found, and publis..."

Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: Save hundreds of millions by giving cred...

Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: Save hundreds of millions by giving cred...: "Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire has a bill up today in his committee, SB 883, that would save the state hundreds of..."

Grits for Breakfast: Privatization of prison healthcare pushed in secre...

Grits for Breakfast: Privatization of prison healthcare pushed in secre...: "At the beginning of the session, Gov. Rick Perry tossed out the idea of privatizing prison healthcare, but after the House and Senate budget..."

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Grits for Breakfast: Parole caseloads too high to monitor ex-offenders

Grits for Breakfast: Parole caseloads too high to monitor ex-offenders: "In Dallas a TV station has a story titled 'Most Texas parole officers say they are overworked,' which is based on a report from the state au..."