MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE Tuesday, January 16, 2001 2:00 p.m. Senate Chamber ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice was held on Tuesday, January 16, 2001, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Kenneth Armbrister None Senator John Whitmire Senator Teel Bivins Senator Mike Moncrief Senator Steve Ogden Senator Todd Staples Senator Royce West ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The Committee met to conduct a preliminary review of the findings of the Serious Incident Review issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on January 11, 2001 regarding the Connally Unit escape. Wayne Scott, Executive Director of TDCJ and Gary Johnson, Director of the Institutional Division of TDCJ gave the committee a review of the findings. Other witnesses testifying are shown on the attached list. There being no further business, at 4:25 p.m. Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair ______________________ Kelly C. Gilbert, Clerk