NCJ Number
2304
Date Published
1970
Length
173 pages
Annotation
ASSESSMENT OF JAILS AND THEIR POPULATIONS IN TEXAS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT.
Abstract
AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF DATA ON JAILS AND INMATE POPULATIONS FURNISHED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. RESULTS OF THIS STUDY INDICATE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS TOO MANY LOCAL JAILS FOR ITS TOTAL INMATE POPULATION. THE GREATEST MAJORITY OF THE JAILS IN TEXAS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE MEDICAL, RECREATIONAL, OR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INMATES. APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CELLS IN THESE JAILS ARE FROM 26 TO 100 YEARS OLD. THE TEXAS SMSA RETAIN THE MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL JAIL INMATES IN THE STATE AND SPEND THE MOST MONEY ON MISDEMEANANT CORRECTIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY ONLY HAVE 29 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL JAILS IN THE STATE. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CORRECT THE PRESENT SITUATION CENTERED ABOUT THE REGIONALIZATION OF JAILS AND OF INMATE SERVICES. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)