TDCJ History: Key Events and Evolution

1. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

2. 1866-1957 1848-1866 1989-present 1959-1989 Is this your Final Answer? Yes No TDCJ was named Texas Prison System in what year?

3. 1857 1861 1848 1849 Is this your Final Answer? Yes No William Sansom was Texas’ first inmate in what year?

4. The Formative Years Conflict/Consolidation The Reform years The Decline Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which system implemented the Windham School District?

5. Overcrowding Religious Freedom Due Process Cruel and unusual punishment Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which is not a claim of Ruiz v. Estelle?

6. SJF (state jail) Local/county jail Prisons SAFPF Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which is not a type of institution within TDCJ?

7. Hurricane Rita CID recognition ACA Accreditation Prison-Made Goods Act Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Name the event that has not impacted current TDCJ history.

8. Beto Estelle Ellis Pack Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which administration implemented the Windham School district?

9. TX State Penitentiary TX Department of Corrections TX Prison System TX Dept of Criminal Justice Is this your Final Answer? Yes No From 1957-1989, the agency was called __________?

10. Improved living conditions Corrupt administration Plantations into farms Poor treatment of inmates Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which is not a characteristic of the Decline Era?

11. Poor living conditions Violation of due process Overcrowding Weapons smuggled in Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which is a reason for the Carrasco incident?

12. Lamar v. Coffield Cooper v. Pate Ruiz v. Estelle Guajardo v. Estelle Is this your Final Answer? Yes No Which U.S. Supreme Court case significantly impacted TDCJ?

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