State Prison Board Meets In Bryan

Image from the Texas department of criminal justice.
Image from the Texas department of criminal justice.

The Texas board of criminal justice (TBCJ), which oversees the operation of the state’s prison system, met last Friday (October 11) in Bryan.

The board unanimously approved an organizational restructure, as laid out by executive director Bryan Collier.

Click below to hear Bryan Collier’s organizational restructure of the state prison system administration:

 

Collier and his chief of staff, Jason Clark, had a presentation on the findings of the Texas sunset review commission.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials related to the sunset review commission’s findings of the state prison system.

Click below to hear comments from Bryan Collier and Jason Clark about the sunset review commission’s findings of the state prison system.

 

The TBCJ board heard the findings of an internal job satisfaction survey of state prison corrections officers, conducted by a third party company hired by the state prison system.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials related to the job satisfaction survey of state corrections officers.

Click below to hear comments from the state prison system’s Andy Barbee of the job satisfaction survey of state corrections officers.

 

The TBCJ board heard the findings of efforts to reduce contraband in state prisons.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials related to efforts to reduce contraband in state prisons.

Click below to hear comments and questions asked of TBCJ board members about efforts to reduce contraband in state prisons, and staff responses.

 

Using virtual meeting software, an inmate at the Hamilton Unit in west Bryan received a standing ovation from the TBCJ board after sharing his experiences with the prison system’s peer support recovery program.

Click below to hear comments from inmate Scott Michael Flynn.

 

The TBCJ board also recognized October’s observance of domestic violence awareness month. That included comments from board member and domestic violence survivor Sydney Zuiker of Houston.

Click below to hear comments from TBCJ board member Sydney Zuiker.

 

Screen shot from the Texas department of criminal justice YouTube channel of (L-R) Texas board of criminal justice member Sydney Zuiker, board chairman Eric Nichols, and state prison system director Bryan Collier at the October 11, 2024 TBCJ meeting in Bryan.

 

Screen shot from the Texas department of criminal justice YouTube channel of Hamilton Unit inmate Scott Michael Flynn speaking via virtual meeting software at the October 11, 2024 Texas board of criminal justice meeting in Bryan.

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