Agency Overview
These nine non-salaried members are responsible for governing TDCJ
Who is the Texas Board of Criminal Justice?
Manipulation cannot take place without one of these
What is a victim?
These employees can respond to an emergency without leaving inmates or tools unsupervised or otherwise creating a security risk
What is "A" response?
In 1978, this lawsuit established that TDC could not deny inmates the right to correspond with inmates on the same or different units pertaining to legal matters
What is Guajardo v. Estelle?
Inmates that are in Mental Health Observation are checked for symptoms this often
What is every 30 minutes?
This type of facility houses 4th degree felons
What is State Jail?
These types of inmates solicit relationships aggressively with the intention of making a profit in the "underground prison economy"
What are Exploiters?
This percent of serious employee injuries and escapes occur due to employees not following policy or being aware of their surroundings
What is 90%?
In January 2015, this lawsuit was filed in Arkansas, ruling that maintaining a short beard for religious purposes does not pose a security risk
What is Holt v. Hobbs?
During the intake process, if an inmate is referred for a more comprehensive mental health evaluation, it will be completed within this many days
What is 14?
In 1978, a class action lawsuit involving cruel and unusual punishment was filed by this inmate, and others
Who is David Ruiz?
Inmates place officers in 3 categories: Laid back/cool, police, and this demeanor that's name after a 1987 action film
What is Robocop?
This should be activated anytime you find yourself dealing with a situation that is out of the norm or requires additional resources
What is ICS?
General population inmates are afforded this many hours per week in the Law Library
What is 10 hours?
The administration of inmate medication shall be under the direct observation of this staff member
What is the correctional officer?
This division within TDCJ oversees prison and jail operations, management operations, and support operations
What is Correctional Institutions Division (CID)?
Non-verbal communication accounts for this much percent of what actually gets communicated
What is 87%?
This is the amount of inmate participants you need in order to charge them with a riot
What is 3?
Inmates are only allowed to grieve issues that personally apply to them, except for these types of issues
This form is submitted to Mental Health services when an inmate exhibits extreme or unusual behavior
What is an I-214?
This person oversees the day-to-day operations of TDCJ. He is also known as the "Executive Director"
Who is Bryan Collier?
During some crisis situations, this type of loud voice is necessary and appropriate
What is a Command Voice
This is the first thing you should do during any incident. It's the "C" in C.A.P.E.R.
What is Contain?
Inmates have this many days from the time of the incident to file a Step 1 Grievance
What is 15 days?
If an inmate is placed in this status, he/she will be observed for psychiatric symptoms every 15 minutes
What is Crisis Management?