Outside Resources

The following key reports and resources have been published by other organizations and agencies that engage in reentry efforts. Please visit TCJC’s Public Policy Center for Sunset-related testimony, reports, and informational flyers. If you know of a resource that is not included here, please email us at [email protected] to let us know.

Texas Legislative, Budget, and Agency Publications

• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Reentry Update (Sep 2012)
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Agency Strategic Plan, FY 2013-2017(July 2012)
• Legislative Budget Board: Adult and Juvenile Corrections Projections, FY 2012-17 (June 2012)
• Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: Parole Guidelines Annual Report, FY 2011 (Nov 2011)
• Legislative Budget Board: Annual Report, FY 2010 (June 2011)
• Legislative Budget Board: Criminal Justice: Uniform Cost Report, FY 2008-2010 (Jan 2011)
• Legislative Budget Board: Criminal Justice: Recidivism and Revocation Rates (Jan 2011)
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Legislative Budget Board: Parole in Texas [booklet] (2011)
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Statistical Report, FY 2010 (Dec 2010)
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: HB 1711 Implementation Report (Sep 2010)
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Agency Briefing on Detention Facilities and Best Practices (Sep 2010)

Federal Agency Publications

• Internal Revenue Service: Get Right with Your Taxes [brochure for inmates/reentering individuals] (Apr 2011)

Advocacy and Research Organization Publications

• American Bar Association: Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions (2014)
• Justice Center, Council of State Governments: States Report Reductions in Recidivism (Sep 2012)
• Anthony C. Graves: Testimony before US Senate Judiciary Committee, Solitary Confinement (June 2012)
• Vera Institute of Justice: Testimony before US Senate Subcommittee on Solitary Confinement (June 2012)
• Hon. John Creuzot: Evidence-Based Practices: Reentry Courts [PowerPoint Presentation] (June 2010)
• American Bar Association: Standards relating to criminal justice, including on the following topics: DNA Evidence, Mental Health, Post-Conviction Remedies, and Treatment of Prisoners
• American Correctional Association: Standards relating to the operation of correctional systems throughout the United States