NCJ Number
60080
Date Published
1978
Length
42 pages
Annotation
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, THIS ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT COVERS THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1978.
Abstract
THE TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES PERFORMS TWO BOARD FUNCTIONS: (1) ADMINISTERING THE STATEWIDE PAROLE AND MANDATORY SUPERVISION SYSTEM AND (2) INVESTIGATING AND RECOMMENDING ACTS OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY BY THE GOVERNOR AS PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. PAROLE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE DETERMINING WHICH PRISONERS ARE TO BE PAROLED FROM INSTITUTIONS OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ESTABLISHING PAROLE CONDITIONS, INVESTIGATING AND SUPERVISING ALL PRISONERS RELEASED ON PAROLE, CONDUCTING PAROLE REVOCATION HEARINGS AND RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE DISPOSITION TO THE GOVERNOR, ESTABLISHING NECESSARY PAROLE POLICIES WITHIN STATUTORY LIMITS, AND CARRYING OUT PROVISIONS OF THE INTERSTATE PAROLE AND PROBATION COMPACT. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY PROVIDES FOR EMERGENCY DEATH PENALTY REPRIEVES, COMMUNTATIONS OF SENTENCES FROM DEATH TO LESSER PUNISHMENT, COMMUNTATIONS OF PRISON SENTENCES OR FINES (OR BOTH), FULL PARDONS, RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS LOST AS A RESULT OF FELONY CONVICTIONS, CONDITIONAL PARDONS, TRIAL REPRIEVES OF JAIL SENTENCES, REMISSIONS OF BOND FORFEITURES, AND RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT TO DRIVE AND OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE. THE SYSTEM OF MANDATORY SUPERVISION PROVIDES A PERIOD OF POSTPRISON SUPERVISION FOR RELEASEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE RELEASED TO PAROLE OR CONDITIONAL PARDON AND WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE FULL CALENDAR TIME ON THEIR SENTENCES. STATISTICAL DATA ON EXPENDITURES OF THE BOARD AND ITS ACTIVITIES ARE PROVIDED, AS WELL AS AN EXPLANATION OF THE DATA TABLES. (DEP)