Reports that an increase in Missouri's inmate population has lead to a need for beds at existing facilities. How the Missouri Department of Corrections responded to the need; Options pursued by the state; Reports from the Texas Department of Criminal justice; Precautions when contracting for beds...
For example, in Texas there is a practice called proxy marriage. The inmate signs an affidavit that allows him to marry without being present at the ceremony, which has raised the specter of benefits and insurance fraud in that state. But Pfannenstiel said no Kansas death-row inmates have got...
A never-ending list of adventures and history in the works. Got a little road trip coming up. Gets hard to travel far with past injuries. But like Texas, I got that grit! How would someone donate to your ‘cause’? Sadly now travel and fuel prices make it hard not just for me but...
Texas prisonshave an economy based on barter, with inmates trading for goods and services, like a supplemental prepared meal made by another inmate out of commissary items. Many inmates feel that they are underfed. Other services include filing legal paperwork, paying for protection, etc. Some o...
A person can alsopurchase a crash report onlinefor $6 through the Texas Department of Transportation. Get an Offense Report An offense is defined as an incident of breaking into a motor vehicle, burglary, identity theft, lost property, assault, auto theft, missing person or other criminal incid...
Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation Take a revealing look at gay sex and gay history--and the man who helped kick-start gay activism in today's society The Mattachine is the origin of the contemporary American gay ...
He lived in the desert, ate locusts and wild honey, and preached hard at the Pharisees and told them to repent. Did this ministry lead him to own a 24,000 square foot mansion in Texas like Joel Osteen, did it give him a fleet of private jets like Kenneth Copeland, ...
the Texas School Book Depository — now called the Dallas County Administration Building — that Lee Harvey Oswald took aim and killed President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. President Kennedy was riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas when he was struck....
Democrats, Washington will join Oregon and California with total Democratic rule in both legislative chambers and the governor's office. Under the state's vote-by-mail system, ballots just need to be postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday, which means that final results may not be known for ...
Data come from the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth, Texas, which is distinctive in having large proportions of both sexes constituting its inmate population. Major findings include: (1) Inmates are much more extensively involved in rule-breaking than is usually presumed from official ...