NCJ Number
101012
Date Published
1984
Length
22 pages
Annotation
This study examined the 1-year release outcomes for offenders released from Texas correctional facilities during August and September 1983.
Abstract
One of a series of studies intended to increase the reliability of parole decisionmaking, this initial report establishes a baseline for comparisons in future studies. To determine the 1-year outcome for the releasees, data from the Texas Department of Corrections were obtained to ascertain which releasees had been returned to prison. Of the 1,534 offenders released on parole, early mandatory, and mandatory supervision in August 1983, the return rate for parole was 10.4 percent; for early mandatory releasees, 12.8 percent; and for mandatory releasees, 15.9 percent. For the 2,057 offenders released in September 1983, 14.7 percent of parolees were returned to prison, 20.6 percent of early mandatory releasees, and 19.7 percent of mandatory releasees. The overall return rate for both months was 15.7 percent. The majority of the offenses producing recommitment were nonviolent. Parole releasees had the lowest rate of violent offenses. A total of 225 offenders returned to prison within the 1-year period had been released again. Of these, 86.6 percent were under supervision at the end of the year, and most of the remainder were in some type of trouble again. A table shows the legal status of each category of releasee at the end of the year. Tabular data.