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changes would require inmates to pay for damage to state property. The
Commission studied the feasibility of the use of house arrest and whether better
educational opportunities for inmates should be offered by state prisons (Annual
Report, 1985). The Legislative Committee proposed and successfully obtained the
passage, in the 1987 session of: 1.Juvenile Certification/Juvenile Records changes;
2. Prison Reform-Good Time Law, 3. Joinder of Offenses; 4. Controlled substance/
Precursor Drugs; 5. Exclusionary Rule changes; 6. Civilian Insurance Inspectors; 7.
State's Equal Access in Appeals; and the 8. Streamlined Effects of Appeals
Reversals. The GDCC also supported legislation to expand TDC by 10,000 beds but
the legislature only approved 6,000. The failures in this session included the refusal
to allow oral confessions and the legislature refused to pass racketeering in corrupt
organizations (RICO) legislation that would allow seizure of illegally gained
profits. A provision that required probationers to pay into Crime Stopper fund, was
discontinued. It was restored in the next session (Annual Report, 1987).
This report described how the members of the Parole Committee, tried to
help ex-offenders with education and individual guidance. One inmate completed
241 courses in 31 months and was now employed full-time while another became a
preacher. The committee's work reported over 400 correspondence courses and
many trips to detention facilities.88
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Latham, H. Lee. A survey of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission and its effect on the, thesis, May 2001; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2792/m1/95/: accessed May 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .