THE HISTORY OF TDCJ
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.
Historical Perspective 1848 – 1866 Texas State Penitentiary 1866 – 1957 Texas Prison System 1957 – 1989 Texas Department of Corrections 1989 – Present Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Formative Years 1836 - 1861
The Civil War 1861 - 1865
The Labor/Lease Period 1866 - 1909
The Farm System and The Decline 1910 – 1936 1937 - 1947
The Reform Years 1948 - 1973
Beto Administration Cooper v. Pate Guajardo v. Estelle Lamar v. Coffield
Conflict and Consolidation Estelle Administration Ruiz v. Estelle The Carrasco Incident Pack/Moore Homicides Death of Minnie Houston Coble v. TDCJ
Recent History Ruiz/Federal Oversight Connally Seven Homicides of Nagle/Wiley/Osborne Hurricane Rita Response CID Reorganization ACA
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