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Texas DCJ - Centurylink Commission Rate 2018-2025

Kickback publication • November 8, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

Texas DCJ - Centurylink Commission Rate 2018-2025 696-IT-19-25-C021 Section B SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS B.1 SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS B.1.1 Services Being Acquired The Contractor shall provide a statewide turnkey Offender Telephone System (OTS) for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). This Contract is a revenue …

Texas DCJ - Centurylink Rates 2018-2025

Kickback publication • November 8, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Texas DCJ - Centurylink Rates 2018-2025 696-JT-19-25-C021 B.2 Section B Pricing Schedule See C.3.10 Base Services and Added Value items. B.2.1 Standard Configuration Base Period (9/1/2018 through 8/31/2025) Collect Call Rates Rate/Minute $0.060 $0.060 $0.060 Local Intrastate Interstate Commission % 40 .0% 40.0% 40.0% Base Period (9/1/2018 through 8/31/2025) Prepaid …

Texas Woman Receives Five Years in Prison for Illegal Voting After Criminal Conviction

Article • November 6, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018

Filed under: Voting, Criminal Prosecution, Parole Conditions

Texas Woman Receives Five Years in Prison for Illegal Voting After Criminal Conviction by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Crystal Mason, who had previously been convicted of tax fraud in 2011, will now serve a five-year sentence after being convicted in March 2018 of illegally voting in the 2016 presidential …

Texas Supreme Court Interprets State’s Expungement Statute

Article • October 29, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018

Filed under: Criminal Procedure

Texas Supreme Court Interprets State’s Expungement Statute by David Reutter by David Reutter The Supreme Court of Texas held that the state’s expungement statute is “neither entirely arrest-based nor offense-based.” Based upon the facts of this case, it held that the petitioner was entitled to expungement of records and files …

Houston Forces Parolees out of City Under New Rule

Article • September 24, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018

Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions, housing

Houston Forces Parolees out of City Under New Rule by A new ordinance passed by the Houston, Texas, city council requiring housing for parolees to be at least 1,000 feet from any park, school, day care, or other re-entry housing has effectively pushed parolees outside the city. When asked for …

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Sua Sponte Jury Instruction on Self-Defense Also Applies to Lesser-Included Charges

Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018

Filed under: Jury Instructions

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Sua Sponte Jury Instruction on Self-Defense Also Applies to Lesser-Included Charges by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A sua sponte jury instruction on self-defense for a murder charge applied equally to the lesser-included charge, and a judge’s failure to inform the jury that it …

Human Rights Defense Center v. The GEO Group, Inc. Texas Public Records, 2018

Brief • August 28, 2018

Filed under: Public Records, PLN Litigation, Public Records Act

Human Rights Defense Center v. The GEO Group, Inc. Texas Public Records, 2018 FILED 8/28/2018 11:39 AM Donna Kay McKinney Bexar County District Clerk Accepted By: Victoria Angeles Cause No. HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, 2018CI16343 § § § § § § § § v. THE GEO GROUP, INC., Defendant. …

Texas Rates September 2018

Kickback publication • August 28, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Texas Rates September 2018 8/28/2018 Texas prison system slashes price of inmate phone calls by 77 percent - Houston Chronicle X Your California Privacy Rights Privacy Notice Advertising Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us IMAGE 1 OF 24 The Texas prison board approved a lower cost phone contract …

Texas Courts Rubber Stamp Post-Conviction Fact Findings in Death Penalty Cases, Study Says

Article • August 20, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Death Penalty

Texas Courts Rubber Stamp Post-Conviction Fact Findings in Death Penalty Cases, Study Says by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A study by researchers from the University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Center published in the Houston Law Review found that in 96 percent of post-conviction proceedings in cases …

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces ‘Finality’ Under Sentence Enhancement Provision for Out-of-State Convictions Governed by Texas Law

Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018

Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces ‘Finality’ Under Sentence Enhancement Provision for Out-of-State Convictions Governed by Texas Law by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell “Finality” of an out-of-state conviction to support an enhanced sentence depends on whether Texas State law would consider that prior conviction “final,” not on the particular …

Fifth Circuit Grants § 2255 Petition Challenging Failure to Register Conviction for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

Fifth Circuit Grants § 2255 Petition Challenging Failure to Register Conviction for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a former prisoner’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition, in which he claimed …

Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General - ICE's Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements, 2018

Publication • June 26, 2018

Filed under: Strip Searches, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Exercise, Attorney Client, Immigration, Telephone Access, Mail, Staff Training

Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General - ICE's Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements, 2018 ICE’s Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements June 26, 2018 OIG-18-67 DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS ICE’s …

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Lawyer’s Failure to Advise Client of Opinion Making It Impossible for State to Meet Its Burden of Proof Constitutes Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Article • June 16, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018

Filed under: Malpractice (Attorneys), Appeals, Habeas Corpus

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Lawyer’s Failure to Advise Client of Opinion Making It Impossible for State to Meet Its Burden of Proof Constitutes Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 27, 2017, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas held that a guilty plea …

Financial Processes at the Department of Criminal Justice, State of Texas, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Statistics/Trends

Financial Processes at the Department of Criminal Justice, State of Texas, 2018 An Audit Report on Financial Processes at the Department of Criminal Justice June 2018 Report No. 18-035 State Auditor’s Office reports are available on the Internet at http://www.sao.texas.gov/. An Audit Report on Financial Processes at the Department of …

Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Census, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Rural Prisons, Bail, Bail Bonds, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …

Texas Disapproved Publications List (2018)

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Banned Book Lists

Texas Disapproved Publications List (2018) TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DISAPPROVED PUBLICATIONS - January - December 2018 Date Publication Title 1/2/2018 1/2/2018 1/2/2018 1/2/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/3/2018 1/5/2018 1/10/2018 1/11/2018 1/11/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/12/2018 1/16/2018 1/16/2018 …

Fifth Circuit Holds Prisoner May Sign and Deliver Habeas-Related Motion on Behalf of Fellow Prisoner Under Prison Mailbox Rule

Article • May 22, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018

Filed under: Prisoner Legal Assistance, Limitations, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Legal Mail

Fifth Circuit Holds Prisoner May Sign and Deliver Habeas-Related Motion on Behalf of Fellow Prisoner Under Prison Mailbox Rule by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A prisoner may sign and deliver a habeas-related motion to prison officials for timely mailing under the “prison mailbox rule” on behalf of another prisoner, …

Cautionary Tale: Visible Fingertips in Cellphone Pictures Can Get You Arrested

Article • May 21, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018

Cautionary Tale: Visible Fingertips in Cellphone Pictures Can Get You Arrested by Steve Horn by Steve Horn For those in the U.S. who enjoy taking photos on their cellphones, particularly of illicit activities or potentially illegal ones, the South Wales Police force has sent a warning shot across the Atlantic …

NY petition for approval to transfer control of Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions to Securus Technologies, Inc., 2018

Publication • May 17, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

NY petition for approval to transfer control of Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions to Securus Technologies, Inc., 2018 BEFORE THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Joint Petition of TKC Holdings, Inc., Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions Matter/Case No. - - - - - and Securus Technologies, Inc. for …

State of Texas v. T.S.N. , expunction of arrest files, opinion, 2018

Brief • May 10, 2018

Filed under: State Statutes

State of Texas v. T.S.N. , expunction of arrest files, opinion, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS 444444444444 NO. 17-0323 444444444444 THE STATE OF TEXAS, PETITIONER, v. T.S.N., RESPONDENT 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 ON PETITION FOR REVIEW FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 Argued March 1, …