Bill: HB 1084, 84(R) - 2015

Committee

House Corrections

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation Economic Freedom Property Rights Personal Responsibility Limited Government Individual Liberty
Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral

Author(s)

Marisa Marquez

Co-Author(s)

Ryan Guillen
James White

Bill Caption

Relating to the reporting of certain information regarding inmates and the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Fiscal Notes

The bill is expected to result in significant security and programming costs to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; however, the actual costs are indeterminate at this time. 

Bill Analysis

This legislation would amend Government Code to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to submit an annual report about the prison population and other factors, including recidivism, between inmates in the general population, and inmates in administrative segregation, and also requires TDCJ to conduct a review of administrative segregation policies,and develop a plan to reduce the use of administrative segregation and increase the opportunities for administrative segregation offenders to participate in programs such as:

Vote Recommendation Notes

This legislation would require a report focused on the criteria described above. We remain neutral on this legislation.

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