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2023 Policy Areas

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Emergency Management

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Diligent Participation

2021 Policy Areas

[2021 Session] Improve Safety, Conditions, and Efficiency in Adult Corrections Facilities by Establishing an Independent Ombudsman

Prison Oversight

[2021 Session] Make Smarter Use of Treatment Programs to Ensure Participant Success

SAFP Program Improvements

2019 Policy Areas

[2019 Session] Improve Safety, Conditions, and Efficiency in Adult Corrections Facilities by Establishing an Independent Ombudsman

Prison Oversight

2017 Policy Areas

[2017 Session] Ensure Critical External Oversight of the State Correctional System

Independent Oversight

2015 Policy Areas

[2015 Session] Fund Key Items in the Legislative Appropriations Request for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)

Key Corrections Budget Items

[2015 Session] Fully Support the Legislative Appropriations Request for the Texas Commission on Jail Standards

County Jail Assistance & Oversight

[2015 Session] Establish an Office of the Independent Ombudsman for the State Correctional System to Provide Oversight to the Grievance System and Ensure Compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

Independent Oversight of Corrections System

[2015 Session] Prohibit Texas Jails and Prisons from Eliminating Face-to-Face Visitation or Accepting Commissions from Video Visitation Contracts

Video Visitation

[2015 Session] Allow the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Provide the Timely Award of Credits for Participation in Self-Improvement Programming in State Jails, to Relieve the Current Burden on Judges

State Jail Programming Credits

[2015 Session] Exempt Eligible Parents Who Have Been Incarcerated for at Least 90 Days from Accumulating Child Support Debt

Child Support

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