August, 2011
Inmate 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 Department of Criminal Justice, in Business Week, "Hospital and clinical care money is some $36 million less in the new budget, a 28 percent reduction, making it 'the biggest challenge … if for no other reason the magnitude of the cuts,' he said. In addition, unit care and psychiatric care will have 12 percent fewer dollars andRead More
Further Developments on Parolees with Sex Offender Conditions (who aren’t sex offenders)
As we mentioned in a previous article, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the parole officers could't just place a "sex offender" tag and conditions on parolees without a hearing on whether or not they were justified. Although the case itself didn't get as much attention as it deserved, the media is now reporting that the parole officials have started removing the "Special Condition X" (obviously some of the parole people watch too much television) from parolees who did not get a chance to fight against that designationRead More