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06/13/2025
It's that time again! Mark your calendars 📆 and join us on Wednesday, June 18th at 6pm for our Fish Fry. 🐟 Bring your family and friends and enjoy food, fellowship, and wonderful entertainment by Cathy Jewell.🎶 It will be dine-in only and a donation or love offering will be taken for the entertainment only. Please like 👍 and share➡️ !
10/28/2024
The 2024 Sunset Staff Report on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Windham School District, and Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles highlights critical staffing, technology, program oversight, and facility management issues. Here’s a summary of key findings and recommendations:
Staffing and Facility Challenges: Persistent staffing shortages, high turnover rates, and extensive overtime are major issues at TDCJ, creating unsafe conditions for both staff and inmates. The report recommends that TDCJ create a long-term staffing and facilities plan, potentially phasing out facilities with severe staffing challenges and prioritizing a sustainable workforce strategy.
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
The Texas Tribune
Modernization Needs: The TDCJ’s outdated data systems and reliance on paper-based processes hinder efficiency and create errors, including erroneous inmate releases. Recommendations include establishing a modernization office to streamline data entry, automate processes, and enhance safety tracking systems.
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
Rehabilitation Program Oversight: The TDCJ lacks adequate oversight and evaluation of its rehabilitation programs, contributing to inconsistent outcomes and extended wait times for parole-related programs. The report suggests biennial program evaluations, a consolidated inventory of active programs, and strategic collaboration with Windham School District to optimize rehabilitation efforts.
Read-Me.Org
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
Parole System Strain: Parole officer vacancies, low pay, and high caseloads strain the parole supervision process, risking ineffective supervision. The report encourages statutory changes to allow more flexible hiring practices, caseload adjustments, and supervision protocols to address these issues proactively.
The Texas Tribune
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
Public input will be heard on November 14, 2024, with final recommendations expected for the upcoming legislative session in 2025.
I encourage you to read the full Staff Report and educate yourself on the issues, and if possible attend this hearing. Public comments will be heard on each agency. You can read the full Staff Report by clicking HERE.
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10/23/2024
Excited for my client and his family. Beginning their new journey after program completion 🎉🎉🎉
09/20/2024
Delighted about the great news for my client and family!
09/20/2024
Spread the word! Please share! Tomorrow night, immediately following the football game against Hamlin, we are hosting our fifth quarter! We will have silent disco, a nacho bar, cereal bal, and a ton of fun!
See you tomorrow after the game!
Happy News for My Client - headed to a program then HOME
So Happy for my client and his family .. Parole Granted …homeward bound
10/07/2024
05/22/2024