STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF INMATES RELEASED FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 40188
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Grant Number(s): EA-75-E4-2989
• Sponsoring Agency: Texas Criminal Justice Division
• Corporate Author: Texas Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF AN INMATE POPULATION STUDY TO ASCERTAIN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO INMATES UPON THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM PRISON TO LIFE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

Abstract

RESULTS OF THE STUDY REVEALED THAT THE MAJORITY OF RELEASED INMATES WILL HAVE LITTLE OR NO FINANCIAL RESOURCES ACCUMULATED IN THEIR PRISON TRUST FUNDS AND, THEREFORE, WILL ONLY HAVE $200 IN GATE MONEY WITH WHICH TO REENTER SOCIETY. TABLES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT ILLUSTRATING A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF THE INMATES' MONETARY RESOURCES.