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External/Internal Assessment
Overview of Agency Scope and FunctionsHistorical Perspective (continued>
TDCJ was given a statutory deadline of
September 1, 1995, to accept all inmates
from county jails within 45 days of paper-
ready status.1992 - T
consolidated
agreements,
lawsuit, and
governed by
procedures.h
e Ruiz Final Judgment
all previous stipulations,
nd orders related to the
allowed the TDCJ to be
departmental policies andrd
1993 - During the 73r Legislature, Senate
Bill (SB) 532 created the State Jail Division
(SJD) of the TDCJ; SB 1067 created the
offense category of state jail felony and
redefined the selected offenses as state jail
felonies.
1995 - HB 1433, 74th Legislature, made
mandatory supervision discretionary for any
offender with an offense committed on or
after September 1, 1996, by granting the
Board of Pardons and Paroles the authority
to block a scheduled mandatory supervision
release based on factors such as an
assessment of risk to the public. HB 2162
made numerous changes to the TDCJ
statutes, including: equalizing good conduct
time for offenders in transfer facilities;
replacement of the county-by-county prison
allocation formula with a scheduled
admissions policy; replacement of the
related funding formula for community
corrections program funds with a two-factor
formula; extending the maximum length of
stay for a prison-bound inmate in a transfer
facility from 12 to 24 months; elimination of
authority for furloughs from the Institutional
Division (now known as the Correctional
Institutions Division); and clarifying the
shared responsibilities of the Community
Justice Assistance Division and the State JailDivision for work and rehabilitation
programs in state jails. During the summer
of 1995, the TDCJ brought into the system
inmates from county jails, satisfying the
statutory deadline (HB 93, 1991) that by
September 1, 1995, all inmates would be
accepted from county jails within 45 days of
paper-ready status.
1996 - In March 1996, Attorney General
Dan Morales filed, on behalf of the TDCJ, a
Motion to Terminate the 1992 Ruiz Final
Judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b), Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure. Congress enacted
the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in
April 1996. The statute at 18 U.S.C. 3626
attempts to affect prison conditions litigation
by: requiring that the district court find that
the existing prospective relief "remains
necessary to correct a current and ongoing
violation of [a] Federal right, and that the
prospective relief is narrowly drawn and the
least intrusive means to correct the
violation" [subsection (b)(3)]; requiring
immediate termination of prospective relief
such as the Final Judgment [subsection
(b)(2)]; requiring a prompt ruling on
motions for relief; requiring an automatic
stay of prospective relief unless the district
court finds that relief remains necessary to
correct a current or ongoing constitutional
violation [subsection (e)(2)]; and requiring
automatic termination of decrees on the
second anniversary of the PLRA [subsection
(b)(1)]. In September 1996, the attorney
general filed a Motion to Terminate pursuant
to the PLRA.
1997 - During the 75th Legislature, HB 819
created the Programs and Services Division
of the TDCJ (now the Rehabilitation
Programs Division) to administer4
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