Thursday, July 18, 2013

Investigating Crimes in the Texas Prison System

Capt. Nathan Ward, Office of Inspector General. Capt. Nathan Ward, Office of Inspector General.

Capt. Nathan Ward (’09) is one of 140 certified peace officers at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice serving as investigators for crime and corruption cases within the statewide system that houses 150,000 offenders, oversees 90,000 parolees and employees 37,000 workers.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

County Correctional Managers Corral Leadership Skills

County correctional leaders participated in an annual leadership training at CMIT.

Every year, county correctional managers from probation, courts, prisons, jails and community-based facilities gather at the Mayan Dude Ranch in Bandera to build leadership skills to address common issues they face in the criminal justice system.

Monday, July 15, 2013

Forensics Focus on Prison Crime

An investigator for the Office of Inspector General tests clothes for biological materials.
An investigator for the Office of Inspector General tests clothes for biological materials.
To aid in solving crimes that occur in Texas prisons, investigators for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice recently attended crime scene investigation training on biological evidence, photography, fingerprinting and explosives at Sam Houston State University.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Survey Shows Limited Use of Sex Offender Registry

Woman looks at sex offender registry online.

Texas has the second largest sex offender registry in the country, but relatively few people are accessing it or using it to develop protective actions against future sex crimes, a study by the Crime Victims’ Institute at Sam Houston State University found.