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6 Document(s) [ Subject: Adult Probation Commission ]
Committee: | House Corrections | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Adult Probation Commission | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | County jails | Criminal justice | Electronic monitoring of offenders | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Probation | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.70 c817 | |
Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
Online version: | View report [39 pages File size: 1,538 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | To study the development of reliable statistics involving the entire criminal justice system capable of tracking individuals throughout all local and state components of the system. | |
2. | To study shock probation and intensive supervision programs involving electronic monitoring. | |
3. | To study sentencing practices in Texas and the feasibility of uniform sentencing guidelines for felony offenses with consideration of sentencing factors on the population of TDC and local jails, and on the costs of confinement. | |
4. | To study areas for establishment of regional correctional facilities. | |
Committee: | House Government Organization | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of the House Committee on Government Organization : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Adult Probation Commission | Commerce, Texas Department of | Corrections, Texas Department of | Human Services, Texas Department of | International trade | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Private Security Bureau, Texas | State of Texas Mexico Office | Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas | Sunset review process | Youth Commission, Texas | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.70 g746 | |
Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
Online version: | View report [38 pages File size: 1,349 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards, and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 14. | |
2. | To study the Department of Human Services in order to determine cost savings measures through administrative reorganization. | |
3. | To study and monitor the implementation of selected recommendations contained in Sunset legislation passed by the 70th Legislature to determine their administrative and operational efficiency. | |
Committee: | House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of the House Select Committee on Sentencing and Recidivism, 70th Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Adult Probation Commission | Alcoholism | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | Crime victims | Criminal justice | Drug rehabilitation programs | Inmate rehabilitation | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison population | Probation | Substance abuse | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.70 se59 | |
Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
Online version: | View report [32 pages File size: 1,059 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Undertake a comprehensive study of state laws and procedures regarding sentencing and probation, the operation of correctional facilities, and parole and other supervised release. | |
2. | Examine how the various state agencies involved in alcoholism and substance abuse treatment are coordinating their efforts with the criminal justice system at the state and local level to reduce recidivism. | |
3. | Monitor implementation of provisions of the sunset renewal acts for the Texas Department of Corrections, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Adult Probation Commission | |
4. | Review current laws relating to sentencing and recommend a revised sentencing structure that takes into account prison and jail overcrowding and current and projected rates of recidivism. | |
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Committee: | House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select | |
Title: | Interim report - Outline of revised system | |
Library Catalog Title: | Outline of revised Texas sentencing system. | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.70 se59o | |
Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
Online version: | View document [56 pages File size: 2,558 kb] | |
Committee: | House Security and Sanctions | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Security and Sanctions, Texas House of Representatives, 67the Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Adult Probation Commission | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | Halfway houses | Inmates | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Municipal jails | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Prison labor | Prison population | Probation | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.67 se26 | |
Session: | 67th R.S. (1981) | |
Online version: | View report [92 pages File size: 2,508 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Monitor the implementation of the statewide juvenile probation system as authorized by HB 1704, 67th R.S.. | |
2. | Monitor the Adult Probation Commission in regard to the effectiveness of pre-sentence investigations to divert people from the Texas Department of Corrections. | |
3. | Monitor the organizational changes in the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the creation of new halfway houses as authorized by SB 125, 67th R.S.. | |
4. | Investigate overcrowding in the Texas Department of Corrections and examine alternatives for relieving this condition. | |
5. | Examine the feasibility of paying a wage to inmates for the work they perform at the Texas Department of Corrections. | |
6. | Study the feasibility of placing city jails under the authority of the Texas Jail Standards Commission and/or abolishing the Commission. | |
7. | Evaluate present rules, regulations, and statutes regarding the parole process. | |
Committee: | House Criminal Jurisprudence | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, the Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Adult Probation Commission | Capital punishment | Criminal records | Expunction of criminal records | Indigent criminal defense | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.65 c868 | |
Session: | 65th R.S. (1977) | |
Online version: | View report [36 pages File size: 1,215 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | A study of the provisions in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure whereby indigent defendants are provided with counsel appointed by the Court. Special emphasis shall be placed on the determination of the relative effectiveness of appointed counsel versus retained counsel and the fees paid to appointed attorneys throughout the state as prescribed by the Code of Criminal Procedure. | |
2. | A study of the statutes in Texas which provide the death penalty for crimes with singular emphasis on any recommendations for changes which may be necessary to avoid successful constitutional challenges to the Texas penalty. | |
3. | A study of the probationary systems and services in the State with particular emphasis on the variations thereof and recommendations as to the extent and desirability of statewide uniformity. | |
4. | A study of the methodology by which criminal records are compiled, kept, disseminated and expunged by the various law enforcement agencies of the State and local government. | |
5. | Study the administration and operations of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles with recommendations as to necessary changes, if any, therein. |
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