NCJ Number
166355
Journal
American Jails Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Dated: (January-February 1997) Pages: 35-37
Date Published
1997
Length
3 pages
Annotation
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards is the regulatory agency for the State's county jails and has maintained jail statistics since 1977.
Abstract
Each county with a jail reports jail populations by offense type, status, and sex on the first day of each month. These monthly reports provide useful information for the individual counties, the Jail Commission, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Criminal Justice Policy Council, and the State's leadership. Data from the jail commission helped deal with crowding by projecting incarceration and arrest rates, bed availability for contract use, the security levels needed for future prison space, drug treatment facilities, local sentencing patterns, parole violations, and community corrections. The data are also useful for staffing analyses, staff allocations, transportation scheduling, and other purposes. The database is flexible and increasing in its use of advanced technology through scanned rather than manual data input and fax and modem access.