Punishment Standards Commission records, 1983, 1986-1993, undated, bulk 1989-1993

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Punishment Standards Commission records, 1983, 1986-1993, undated, bulk 1989-1993

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Texas. Dept. of Criminal Justice

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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) manages offenders in state prisons, state jails and contracted private correctional facilities. The agency also provides funding and certain oversight of community supervision and is responsible for the supervision of offenders released from prison on parole or mandatory supervision. The Department of Criminal Justice came into being in 1848 when An Act to Establish a State Penitentiary was passed by the Second Texas Legislature. The a...

Texas Punishment Standards Commission

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The Texas Punishment Standards Commission was established by House Bill 92, 72nd Legislature, Second Called Session, 1991 (Article 37.15, Code of Criminal Procedure) to rewrite the Texas Penal Code. The Commission was a 25 member study group, 10 of whom were appointed by Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock and House Speaker Gib Lewis, while the remaining 15 were appointed at large by Governor Ann Richards. Texas State Senator Ted Lyon and State Representative Allen Hightower were appoin...