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Technical revocations still awfully high after much-vaunted probation reforms

Most of Texas' large counties save two saw their number of annual probation revocations decline or remain flat between 2005 to 2010, according to a December report on the state diversion programs (pdf) from TDCJ to state leadership. But somehow Bexar and Collin continued to send much greater numbers of revoked probationers to TDCJ in the wake of Texas' 2007 probation reforms, increasing their total revocations by 62.6% and 96.2%, respectively, over that period.Perhaps, in a period of fiscal austerity, counties whose revocation numbers keep going up should simply have their "diversion" grant funding eliminated, if they're clearly not diverting many prisoners, anyway. Bexar did report its first reduction in revocations last year since diversion funding began, according to the report, so perhaps one could argue to give them more time to reduce their numbers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).