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https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/whitmire-parole-board-tdcj-must-do.html?showComment=1207314120000 Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: Parole board, TDCJ, must do a better job explaining parole decisions... A significant portion of yesterday's Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing focused on the parole process, with several interesting... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/05/rough-sledding-for-tdcj-board-nominees.html?showComment=1368185202808&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Rough sledding for TDCJ board nominees The Texas Senate Nominations Committee delayed another Rick Perry nomination to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice after rookie Sen. Syl... grits for breakfast rough sledding tdcj board https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1296501136277 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/08/if-they-wanted-to-parole-board-could.html Grits for Breakfast: If they wanted to, parole board could cut TDCJ spending easier than legislators Far and away the biggest cost to Texas taxpayers from illegal immigrants - nearly double the amount spent on health and human services - is ... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-turnover-rate-among-guards-lower.html?showComment=1340817249948 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ turnover rate among guards lower than reported Employment data Grits published over the weekend from TDCJ misinterpreted and overstated job turnover trends among prison guards, TDCJ spok... grits for breakfast tdcj turnover https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/09/prison-educator-tdcj-inmates-reading.html?showComment=1536970374188 Grits for Breakfast: Prison educator: TDCJ inmates' reading and math on a 5th grade level The average Texas prison inmate's reading and math skills are at a fifth grade level, the superintendent of TDCJ's Windham School District t... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1407800883552 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/12/tdcj-deaths-in-custody-skyrocketed.html?showComment=1419234641831&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ deaths in custody skyrocketed after 2011 healthcare cuts The press and advocates focused on the death penalty and even police shootings are missing the big picture about deaths of Texans at the han... grits for breakfast deaths in custody https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/04/consultant-tdcj-receptive-to-prison.html Grits for Breakfast: Consultant: TDCJ 'receptive' to prison rape recommendations, 'confident'... The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) this week sent me the consultant's report regarding what would be required for Texas' adult... grits for breakfast prison rape consultant tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/04/perry-withdraws-tdcj-board-nomination.html?showComment=1366991727407 Grits for Breakfast: Perry withdraws TDCJ board nomination Governor Rick Perry has withdrawn the nomination of Annette Raggette to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice which oversees the state prison ... grits for breakfast perry withdraws tdcj board https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/02/revenues-from-tdcj-mineral-leases-go-to.html Grits for Breakfast: Revenues from TDCJ mineral leases go to General Fund, should be dedicated to... Oil and gas revenues from leases on TDCJ properties generated more than $6 million in FY 2012 that went into state General Revenue, accordin... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2016/04/tdcj-will-face-85th-session-with-new.html?showComment=1463548865330 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ will face 85th session with new leadership Long-time TDCJ executive director Brad Livingston retired recently . Here's the job posting . If you're qualified, go for it. With former ... grits for breakfast tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/09/prison-educator-tdcj-inmates-reading.html?showComment=1537057850509 Grits for Breakfast: Prison educator: TDCJ inmates' reading and math on a 5th grade level The average Texas prison inmate's reading and math skills are at a fifth grade level, the superintendent of TDCJ's Windham School District t... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/01/get-your-tdcj-bobble-heads-here.html?showComment=1169536680000 Grits for Breakfast: Get Your TDCJ Bobble Heads Here! I'm not sure how big a market there could possibly be for such things, but at the Texas Prison Museum giftshop you can buy for $15 a Texas ... grits for breakfast get your bobble heads tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2016/01/dissatisfied-with-tdcj-documenting.html Grits for Breakfast: Dissatisfied with TDCJ, documenting danger, reforming ad seg, and other stories Here are a few odds and ends which may interest Grits readers: Exporting First Amendment fight Folks convicted of the ruled-unconstitutio... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-sunset-highlights.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ Sunset highlights The Sunset Commission today heard testimony regarding the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. See a press release and recommendations fr... grits for breakfast tdcj sunset highlights https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/05/rough-sledding-for-tdcj-board-nominees.html?showComment=1368022658246&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Rough sledding for TDCJ board nominees The Texas Senate Nominations Committee delayed another Rick Perry nomination to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice after rookie Sen. Syl... grits for breakfast rough sledding tdcj board https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-staffing-woes-growing-more-acute.html?showComment=1340583608842 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departure rates up After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/05/tx-criminal-justice-coalition-prepping.html Grits for Breakfast: TX Criminal Justice Coalition prepping for TDCJ Sunset hearing: Are you? Via email from Ana Correa the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, see details about the upcoming Sunset hearing for the Texas Department of Cr... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/02/tdcj-to-cut-13-of-spending-in-current.html?showComment=1298541444988 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ to cut 1.3% of spending in current fiscal year Here's a new summary (pdf) of a 1.3% budget reduction at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice scheduled to be implemented during the cu... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1300729173887 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/08/credit-to-dallas-da-on-royoliver.html Grits for Breakfast: Credit to Dallas DA on #RoyOliver conviction, TDCJ's phony AC cost estimates,... Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention this morning: Dallas DA deserves credit on Roy Oliver conviction Much ha... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/07/tdcj-statistics-snapshot.html?showComment=1310393118100 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ statistics snapshot How much of an inmate's sentence will they serve before release? In FY 2010, on average prisoners released from the Texas Department of Crim... grits for breakfast tdcj statistics snapshot https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/10/bubble-in-expanding-life-sentences-lwop.html?showComment=1319489732540 Grits for Breakfast: 'Bubble' in expanding life sentences, LWOP driving TDCJ health costs for older... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-laws-tdcj-is-planning-for-that-you.html Grits for Breakfast: New laws TDCJ is planning for that you may not have heard of The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted this summary (pdf) of legislation affecting the agency on its website, and Grits wanted... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/05/tdcj-closing-visitation-over-swine-flu.html?showComment=1241253660000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ closing visitation this weekend over swine flu This notice has been place at the top of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website regarding visitation this weekend: As a preventiv... grits for breakfast this weekend tdcj closing https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-staffing-woes-growing-more-acute.html?showComment=1378086155062 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departure rates up After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/10/tdcj-offers-bogus-argument-to-conceal.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ offers bogus argument to conceal info on lethal injection drug The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is making an incredibly disingenuous, bogus argument to try to conceal whether they have sufficient... grits for breakfast https://www.transitionalhousingenterprises.com/ Halfway House | SOBER LIVING | TEXAS | Midland | Odessa | TDCJ APPROVED REENTRY | TRANSITIONAL... Transitional Housing Enterprises is a Christian reentry, sober living facility that offers transitional housing, career opportunity assistance, and counseling... halfway house sober living texas https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-staffing-woes-growing-more-acute.html?showComment=1340551760264 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departure rates up After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/tdcj-finds-spare-money-during-budget.html?showComment=1276286023560 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ finds spare money during budget crunch for drug testing employees My only question about this latest move by TDCJ: "What will you cut in the budget to pay for drug testing employees?" Mike Ward reports in t... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/07/tdcj-statistics-snapshot.html?showComment=1311198505494&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ statistics snapshot How much of an inmate's sentence will they serve before release? In FY 2010, on average prisoners released from the Texas Department of Crim... grits for breakfast tdcj statistics snapshot https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1296446413193 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/06/fewer-prisoners-more-guards-at-tdcj.html?showComment=1246236446063 Grits for Breakfast: Fewer prisoners, more guards at TDCJ According to AP : Texas prison officials plan to cancel contracts to house up to 1,900 state convicts in county lockups because the number o... grits for breakfast fewer prisoners guards tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/02/dallas-sugarland-locals-to-tdcj-move.html?showComment=1266676227873 Grits for Breakfast: Dallas, Sugarland locals to TDCJ: Move, please I mentioned in the last post that local political interests wanted to close the Central Unit in Sugarland, but neglected to add that the D... grits for breakfast dallas sugarland locals tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/tdcj-finds-spare-money-during-budget.html?showComment=1276267547918 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ finds spare money during budget crunch for drug testing employees My only question about this latest move by TDCJ: "What will you cut in the budget to pay for drug testing employees?" Mike Ward reports in t... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2019/01/tdcj-suicide-record-argues-against.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ suicide record argues against state takeover of Harris County Jail In a roundup post over the weekend, Grits pointed to an odd story emerging when "Sen. John Whitmire suggested the state should take over th... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/07/tdcj-statistics-snapshot.html?showComment=1310405742549 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ statistics snapshot How much of an inmate's sentence will they serve before release? In FY 2010, on average prisoners released from the Texas Department of Crim... grits for breakfast tdcj statistics snapshot https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/10/former-tdcj-pio-agency-suffers-from.html?showComment=1382106553657 Grits for Breakfast: Former TDCJ-PIO: Agency 'suffers from intellectual incest' After the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ran their Public Information Officer (PIO) Michelle Lyons out of her post , they briefly hire... grits for breakfast former tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-turnover-rate-among-guards-lower.html?showComment=1341092505102 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ turnover rate among guards lower than reported Employment data Grits published over the weekend from TDCJ misinterpreted and overstated job turnover trends among prison guards, TDCJ spok... grits for breakfast tdcj turnover https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/12/revolving-door-between-tdcj-and-private.html?showComment=1197430080000 Grits for Breakfast: Revolving Door Between TDCJ and Private Prison Firm: Give a Contract, Get a... Perhaps it's all perfectly legal, but a recent hire by the Geo Group, a large private prison firm formerly known as "Wackenhut," raises ques... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-staffing-woes-growing-more-acute.html?showComment=1340549639933 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departure rates up After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/03/settled-lawsuit-alleged-tycs-ed-owens.html Grits for Breakfast: Settled lawsuit alleged TYC's Ed Owens covered up sex abuse scandal at TDCJ! So you're Texas Governor Rick Perry. The Texas Youth Commission is in the middle of a sex scandal that your advisers are telling you is only... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/03/auditor-tdcj-not-maintaining.html?showComment=1268673487625 Grits for Breakfast: Auditor: TDCJ not maintaining documentation to justify renewing private prison... According to a new state auditor's report (pdf), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's "contracts with [private prison and treatment c... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/11/tdcj-plans-to-let-inmate-marriages.html?showComment=1444494423720 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ plans to let inmate marriages resume Once new rules are in place, Texas inmates will again be allowed to marry while they're incarcerated, but this time they'll do so in person,... grits for breakfast to let tdcj plans inmate https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/11/has-tdcj-learned-right-lessons-from.html?showComment=1227550500000 Grits for Breakfast: Has TDCJ learned the right lessons from death row cell phone scandal? An article by Mike Ward in the Austin Statesman today (" Cell phones hard to find on death row ," Nov. 23) makes me fear Texas prison admini... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/11/tdcj-renews-contract-for-state-jail.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ renews contract for state jail budget-cut candidate Damn it. Robert Wilonsky at the Dallas Observer reports that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has renewed the contract with Corrrec... grits for breakfast budget cut tdcj renews https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/07/tdcj-publishes-fy-2007-prison-stats.html?showComment=1217171340000 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ publishes FY 2007 prison stats The Texas Department of Criminal Justice just published its annual statistical report (pdf) for Fiscal Year 2007 containing a great deal of... grits for breakfast tdcj publishes fy prison https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2016/04/tdcj-will-face-85th-session-with-new.html?showComment=1462055717484 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ will face 85th session with new leadership Long-time TDCJ executive director Brad Livingston retired recently . Here's the job posting . If you're qualified, go for it. With former ... grits for breakfast tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/08/tdcjs-pigs-to-get-air-conditioning-but.html?showComment=1380485211653 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ's pigs to get air conditioning but not prisoners Grits noticed this short item about a vendor with whom the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has contracted to build six "swine building... grits for breakfast get air conditioning https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/12/can-dewhursts-budget-cut-goals-be-met.html?showComment=1261882406984 Grits for Breakfast: Can Dewhurst's budget cut goals be met by closing TDCJ prison units? To meet Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's budget-cut goals for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, reports Jason Embry at the Austin Statesman... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/staffing-shortages-force-closure-of.html?showComment=1340398398971 Grits for Breakfast: Staffing shortages force closure of TDCJ Connally unit wing Prisoners from four dorms at the the 2,800 bed Connally unit in south Texas were were transferred to other units after chronic water shortag... grits for breakfast staffing shortages https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/11/tdcj-on-recording-death-row-visits.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ on recording death row visits: Policy? What policy? Yesterday I got back a response to my public information act request to TDCJ (following another one, under separate cover, from the Office ... grits for breakfast death row tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/02/tidbits-from-tdcj-board-meeting.html Grits for Breakfast: Tidbits from TDCJ board meeting A couple of items came up at yesterday's Texas Board of Criminal Justice meeting that may interest Grits readers: Understaffing problems all... grits for breakfast tidbits tdcj board meeting https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/11/no-fluff-to-cut-policy-changes-needed.html?showComment=1322151837827 Grits for Breakfast: No fluff to cut: Policy changes needed to reduce next TDCJ budget State Rep. Susan King held a town hall meeting in Abilene recently and got an earful from a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) empl... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1296486565060 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/tdcj-finds-spare-money-during-budget.html?showComment=1276531807778 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ finds spare money during budget crunch for drug testing employees My only question about this latest move by TDCJ: "What will you cut in the budget to pay for drug testing employees?" 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A significant portion of yesterday's Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing focused on the parole process, with several interesting... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/11/average-tdcj-employee-is-but-step-away.html Grits for Breakfast: "The average TDCJ employee is but a step away from being the next TDCJ inmate" At the Back Gate, a Texas prison guards' blog, we find the assertion that Texas prisons operate in an: environment where the average TDCJ em... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/05/give-em-piece-of-your-mind-about-tdcj.html?showComment=1148066100000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Give 'em a piece of your mind about TDCJ The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition has posted an online survey to gather opinions regarding The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (whic... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-drone-caucus-tdcjs-mausoleum-of.html?showComment=1344450907758 Grits for Breakfast: The 'Drone Caucus,' TDCJ's mausoleum of mayhem, and other stories Here are a few odds and ends I haven't had time to write about but which deserve Grits readers' attention: Reviewing arson convictions Th... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/10/prisons-as-water-hogs-two-tdcj-units.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Prisons as water hogs: Two TDCJ units soak up more water than city of Amarillo TDCJ's Clements and Neal units, reported the Amarillo Globe News (" 'An intervention' on water usage in Amarillo ," Oct. 14) are together th... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/budget-choices-tdcj-needs-more-money-or.html?showComment=1233683400000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Budget Choices: TDCJ needs more money or fewer prisoners More detail emerged yesterday on Texas' budget crisis and the implications for criminal justice policy. Reports the Austin Statesman (" Prop... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/05/tdcj-issued-misinformation-prosecutors.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ issued "misinformation," prosecutors failed to disclose evidence re:... The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 13 that TDCJ withheld mitigation evidence that supported capital defendant Robert James Ca... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/03/tdcj-closure-of-intermediate-sanction.html?showComment=1298997415607&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ closure of 'Intermediate Sanction Facilities' exactly the wrong budget... Regular readers know TDCJ recently released its finally approved cuts to be implemented the current fiscal year (i.e., immediately, in the ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/08/four-year-theology-degree-to-be-offered.html?showComment=1314604160507 Grits for Breakfast: Four year theology degree to be offered at TDCJ while vocational ed slashed to... Given that the state slashed funding for vocational and traditional education in Texas prisons this year, it seems counter-intuitive that a... https://www.rogermcgowen.org/ Roger McGowen | Roger McGowen Prisoner TDCJ Texas This website dedicated to Roger McGowen is born of the reunion of three support groups in Switzerland, France and the USA - Roger McGowen Prisoner TDCJ Texas. roger mcgowen prisoner tdcj texas https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1296484030422 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/03/tdcj-preparing-to-use-regional-release.html?showComment=1268577642357 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ preparing to use regional release facilities The Texas Legislature last year passed a statute requiring TDCJ to stop sending all prisoners back to Huntsville for release, but instead to... grits for breakfast tdcj preparing use regional https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/02/medical-paroles-plummeting-while-tdcj.html Grits for Breakfast: Medical paroles plummeting while TDCJ-UTMB wrangle over healthcare costs The Dallas News reports (" Fewer seriously ill Texas inmates being released on medical paroles ," Feb. 20) that medical parole rates are at ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/11/tdcj-plans-to-let-inmate-marriages.html?showComment=1435674742837 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ plans to let inmate marriages resume Once new rules are in place, Texas inmates will again be allowed to marry while they're incarcerated, but this time they'll do so in person,... grits for breakfast to let tdcj plans inmate https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/11/tdcj-plans-to-let-inmate-marriages.html?showComment=1436109689859 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ plans to let inmate marriages resume Once new rules are in place, Texas inmates will again be allowed to marry while they're incarcerated, but this time they'll do so in person,... grits for breakfast to let tdcj plans inmate https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/03/tdcj-preparing-to-use-regional-release.html?showComment=1317740981602 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ preparing to use regional release facilities The Texas Legislature last year passed a statute requiring TDCJ to stop sending all prisoners back to Huntsville for release, but instead to... grits for breakfast tdcj preparing use regional https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/04/perry-withdraws-tdcj-board-nomination.html Grits for Breakfast: Perry withdraws TDCJ board nomination Governor Rick Perry has withdrawn the nomination of Annette Raggette to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice which oversees the state prison ... grits for breakfast perry withdraws tdcj board https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/11/tdcj-budget-request-nuther-141-million.html?showComment=1352896671545 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ budget request: Nuther $141 million needed for prison healthcare next... Unless it reduces the number of prisoners to whom it provides healthcare, the Legislature must spend $141 million more on prisoner healthcar... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/03/tdcj-preparing-to-use-regional-release.html?showComment=1268550098295 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ preparing to use regional release facilities The Texas Legislature last year passed a statute requiring TDCJ to stop sending all prisoners back to Huntsville for release, but instead to... grits for breakfast tdcj preparing use regional https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1399244368635 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/08/tdcj-dips-into-line-staff-raises-for.html Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ dips into line staff raises for higher supervisor pay There's little doubt the Texas Legislature primarily intended upcoming pay raises for Texas prison guards primarily for the rank and file. T... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2015/01/might-declining-oil-prices-boost-tdcj.html Grits for Breakfast: Might declining oil prices boost TDCJ employment, and for how long? The precipitous drop in oil prices over the last couple months has the energy industry contemplating layoffs while delighted consumers pay h... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/budget-choices-tdcj-needs-more-money-or.html?showComment=1241986260000 Grits for Breakfast: Budget Choices: TDCJ needs more money or fewer prisoners More detail emerged yesterday on Texas' budget crisis and the implications for criminal justice policy. Reports the Austin Statesman (" Prop... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/11/prison-guards-blog-no-more-adult-prison.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Prison guards' blog: No more adult prison transplants to TYC; Is TDCJ-OIG... I swear if I knew how to hack into The Back Gate's new website and give their front-page articles permalinks, I'd have done it weeks ago, n... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/12/tdcj-deaths-in-custody-skyrocketed.html?showComment=1420097252474 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ deaths in custody skyrocketed after 2011 healthcare cuts The press and advocates focused on the death penalty and even police shootings are missing the big picture about deaths of Texans at the han... grits for breakfast deaths in custody https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/07/tdcj-statistics-snapshot.html?showComment=1310400474148 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ statistics snapshot How much of an inmate's sentence will they serve before release? In FY 2010, on average prisoners released from the Texas Department of Crim... grits for breakfast tdcj statistics snapshot https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/tdcj-finds-spare-money-during-budget.html?showComment=1277178015506 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ finds spare money during budget crunch for drug testing employees My only question about this latest move by TDCJ: "What will you cut in the budget to pay for drug testing employees?" Mike Ward reports in t... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1296539249549 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/tdcj-finds-spare-money-during-budget.html?showComment=1276385216104 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ finds spare money during budget crunch for drug testing employees My only question about this latest move by TDCJ: "What will you cut in the budget to pay for drug testing employees?" Mike Ward reports in t... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-staffing-woes-growing-more-acute.html?showComment=1340713023851 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departure rates up After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/08/tdcj-ignores-governors-budget-cut.html?showComment=1346071620400 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ ignores Governor's budget cut request, asks for $300 million... Though Grits argued earlier this week that pay hikes for Texas prison guards are extremely unlikely in the 83rd legislative session next ye... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/03/tdcj-closure-of-intermediate-sanction.html?showComment=1299025196209 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ closure of 'Intermediate Sanction Facilities' exactly the wrong budget... Regular readers know TDCJ recently released its finally approved cuts to be implemented the current fiscal year (i.e., immediately, in the ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/08/four-year-theology-degree-to-be-offered.html?showComment=1314626863843 Grits for Breakfast: Four year theology degree to be offered at TDCJ while vocational ed slashed to... Given that the state slashed funding for vocational and traditional education in Texas prisons this year, it seems counter-intuitive that a... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/budget-choices-tdcj-needs-more-money-or.html?showComment=1232562000000 Grits for Breakfast: Budget Choices: TDCJ needs more money or fewer prisoners More detail emerged yesterday on Texas' budget crisis and the implications for criminal justice policy. Reports the Austin Statesman (" Prop... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/tdcj-reduced-spending-on-prisoner-food.html?showComment=1296426023764 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ reduced spending on prisoner food 13.5% since 2009 Here's a little-discussed budget cut that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has already implemented over the last couple of years whi... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/tdcj-staffing-woes-growing-more-acute.html?showComment=1340553501245 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ staffing woes growing more acute: CO departure rates up After TDCJ closed a wing of the Connally unit because of understaffing among correctional officers (COs), Grits asked for data regarding st... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/08/four-year-theology-degree-to-be-offered.html?showComment=1314578890792 Grits for Breakfast: Four year theology degree to be offered at TDCJ while vocational ed slashed to... Given that the state slashed funding for vocational and traditional education in Texas prisons this year, it seems counter-intuitive that a... https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/08/tdcj-cant-keep-rural-units-adequately.html?showComment=1344109928206 Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ can't keep rural units adequately staffed Faced with dwindling staff, TDCJ had to close several more dorms at a South Texas lockup. Quite a few other units also face significant staf... grits for breakfast tdcj https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/07/lack-of-ac-chilling-for-tdcj-staffing.html?showComment=1247003665409 Grits for Breakfast: Lack of AC chilling for TDCJ staffing efforts The Dallas News published an AP story yesterday titled " Most Texas state prisons deal with summer heat without air conditioning ," which re... grits for breakfast lack of chilling tdcj staffing https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/11/union-rep-tdcj-focuses-on-pigs-comfort.html?showComment=1385232382137 Grits for Breakfast: Union rep: TDCJ focuses on pigs' comfort over staff, inmates Though perhaps ill-timed in light of today's cold front, Lance Lowry, a correctional officer and the president of the Huntsville-based local... grits for breakfast