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Many Texas prisoners released unsupervised

Readers might be interested in several presentations to the newly formed state Reentry Task Force which have been posted online. The Task Force's Housing Workgroup/Discharge Planning Committee meets next Wednesday.A presentation by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition in April contained these topline tidbits:Total TDCJ releases in 2009 (Prison, State Jail, SAFP) = 72,218Of those released, 32,705 are on a flat discharge and not under supervision54.1% of individuals currently incarcerated have a sentence of 10 years or lessSee also this chart presented to the task force by TDCJ detailing how many offenders returned to each of Texas' largest counties, including the number returning unsupervised:These data belie a "lock 'em up" mentality since in practice most offenders get out eventually...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 28, 2010 (boomark / email).