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Most new prison diversion programs at local probation departments demonstrate success

By Gritsforbreakfast

About half of new entrants to Texas prisons every year result from probation or parole revocations, so new programs aimed at reducing revocations have contributed greatly to resolving Texas' immediate prison overcrowding crisis.With news of a new probation facility opening in Texarkana, I spent a little more time checking around the TDCJ website this morning for more information about new probation funding. I found this report from December (pdf) analyzing the use of new community supervision diversion funds aimed at reducing probation officer caseloads and minimizing revocations to prison for technical violations. The results so far seem really positive. Let's just walk through a few of the highlights.For starters, the analysis divides Texas probation departments (CSCDs) into three categories, departments who:Received New Funding: (26) CSCDs with regular caseload sizes over 95 and accepted the additional funding...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).