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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12985, Austin, Texas, 78711-2985 Physical Address 300 W. 15th Street, Suite 503 Austin, Texas 78711 Phone: 512.463.5505 Email: info@tcjs ...
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As of December 31, 2020, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Texas correctional authorities was 135,906 located in 64 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 26,688 employees and a budget of $3,485,674,914.
As of December 31, 2020, Texas community corrections population was 334,353 under probation and 110,437 under parole.
The National Institute of Corrections depends on publicly available information to provide the information on this page. The statistics for budgets, employee positions, and state prison facilities data come from state departments of corrections, other state reports and state agencies. If data is missing for a state, then we were unable to find that...
Line graph showing the number of people incarcerated in Texas' prisons and jails from 1978 to 2022.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Fiscal Statistical Report Year 2019 provides demographic information for a total under supervision on of 619,766 cases August 31, 2019, as well as those received and released throughout the fiscal year.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice Fiscal Year 2022 Statistical Report . Prepared by Executive Services Page . iv. G/J4 – Inmates in this custody have two or more nonassaultive disciplinary convictions - resulting in major penalties within the past six months; one disciplinary conviction resulting in
How many jails are there in Texas? There are 239 jail systems in Texas, approximately one for each of the state’s 254 counties. Some of these contain multiple facilities while others contain only one jail.
In July 1998, Texas had 18 state jails (including six privately operated facilities) with 9,023 state jail felons and 14,940 people awaiting transfer to prisons. During that year, 53.3% of state jail felons were convicted of possession or delivery of a controlled substance.
