Ruiz Case Office of SpecialMaster Records, 1979-1992.

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Ruiz Case Office of SpecialMaster Records, 1979-1992.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00297/00297-P.html

Records relate to the work of the Office of theSpecial Master, created to oversee compliance with and implementation of therulings of the federal courts in the landmark case of . Ruiz et al. v. State of Texas

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Ruiz, David.

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Turner, William Bennett

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Special Master, Office of

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Estelle, W. J.

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Texas. Dept. of Corrections.

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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...