1. THE HISTORY OF TDCJ

2. Performance Objectives
1. Identify the various titles under which the agency has operated from inception to the present.
2. Identify and summarize the various periods that characterize the agency from inception to the present.
3. List two accomplishments of the Ellis Administration.
4. List two accomplishments of the Beto Administration.
5. List two historical factors relating to the Carasco Incident.
6. Summarize the impact of Ruiz v. Estelle on the operations and services of the agency.

3. Historical Perspective
1848 – Texas State Penitentiary
1866 – Texas Prison System
1957 – Texas Department of Corrections
1989 – Present Texas Department of Criminal Justice

4. Formative Years

5. The Civil War

6. The Labor/Lease Period

7. The Farm System and The Decline
1910 – 1936

8. The Reform Years

9. Beto Administration Cooper v. Pate Guajardo v. Estelle
Lamar v. Coffield

10. Conflict and Consolidation
Estelle Administration
Ruiz v. Estelle
The Carrasco Incident
Pack/Moore Homicides
Death of Minnie Houston
Coble v. TDCJ

11. Recent History Ruiz/Federal Oversight Connally Seven
Homicides of Nagle/Wiley/Osborne
Hurricane Rita Response
CID Reorganization
ACA

12. SHOW “THE HERITAGE” VIDEO

13. Classroom Activity

14. CONCLUSION