37 Tex. Admin. Code § 145.12 - Action upon Review
A case reviewed by a parole panel for parole consideration may be:
(1) deferred for request and
receipt of further information;
(2)
denied a favorable parole action at this time and set for review on a future
specific month and year (Set-Off). The next review date (Month/Year) for an
offender serving a sentence listed in Section
508.149(a),
Government Code, or serving a sentence for second or third degree felony under
Section
22.04, Penal Code may be
set at any date after the first anniversary of the date of denial and end
before the fifth anniversary of the date of denial, unless the inmate is
serving a sentence for an offense under Section
22.021, Penal Code, or a
life sentence for a capital felony, in which event the designated month must
begin after the first anniversary of the date of the denial and end before the
10th anniversary of the date of the denial. The next review date for an
offender serving a sentence not listed in Section
508.149(a),
Government Code shall be as soon as practicable after the first anniversary of
the denial;
(3) denied parole and
ordered serve-all, but in no event shall this be utilized if the offender's
projected release date is greater than five (5) years for offenders serving
sentences listed in Section
508.149(a),
Government Code, or serving a sentence for second or third degree felony under
Section
22.04, Penal Code; or
greater than one (1) year for offenders not serving sentences listed in Section
508.149(a),
Government Code. If the serve-all date in effect on the date of the panel
decision is extended by more than 180 days, the case shall be placed in regular
parole review;
(4) determined the
totality of the circumstances favor the offender's release on parole, further
investigation (FI) is ordered with the following available voting options; and,
impose all conditions of parole or release to mandatory supervision that the
parole panel is required or authorized by law to impose as a condition of
parole or release to mandatory supervision;
(A) FI-1--Release the offender when
eligible;
(B) FI-2
(Month/Year)--Release on a specified future date;
(C) FI-3 R (Month/Year)--Transfer to a TDCJ
rehabilitation program. Release to parole only after program completion and not
earlier than three (3) months from specified date. Such TDCJ program may
include either CHANGES, Voyager, Pre-Release Center (PRC), or any other
approved program;
(D) FI-4 R
(Month/Year)--Transfer to a TDCJ rehabilitation program. Release to parole only
after program completion and not earlier than four (4) months from specified
date. Such TDCJ program shall be the Sex Offender Education Program
(SOEP);
(E) FI-5--Transfer to TDCJ
In-Prison Therapeutic Community Program (IPTC). Release to aftercare component
only after completion of IPTC;
(F)
FI-6--Transfer to a TDCJ DWI Program. Release to continuum of care program as
required by paragraph (5) of this section;
(G) FI-6 R (Month/Year)--Transfer to a TDCJ
rehabilitation program. Release to parole only after program completion and no
earlier than six (6) months from specified date. Such TDCJ program may include
the Pre-Release Therapeutic Community (PRTC), Pre-Release Substance Abuse
Program (PRSAP), or In-Prison Therapeutic Community Program, or any other
approved program;
(H) FI-7 R
(Month/Year)--Transfer to a TDCJ rehabilitation program. Release to parole only
after program completion and not earlier than seven (7) months from the
specified date. Such TDCJ program shall be the Serious and Violent Offender
Reentry Initiative (SVORI);
(I)
FI-9 R (Month/Year)--Transfer to a TDCJ rehabilitation program. Release to
parole only after program completion and not earlier than nine (9) months from
specified date. Such TDCJ program shall be the Sex Offender Treatment Program
(SOTP-9);
(J) FI-18 R
(Month/Year)--Transfer to a TDCJ rehabilitation treatment program. Release to
parole only after program completion and no earlier than 18 months from
specified date. Such TDCJ program shall be the Sex Offender Treatment Program
(SOTP-18);
(5) any person
released to parole after completing a TDCJ rehabilitation program as a
prerequisite for parole, must participate in and complete any required
post-release program. A parole panel shall require as a condition of release on
parole or release to mandatory supervision that an offender who immediately
before release is a participant in the program established under Section
501.0931, Government
Code, participate as a releasee in a drug or alcohol abuse continuum of care
treatment program; or
(6) any
offender receiving an FI vote, as listed in paragraph (4)(A) - (J) of this
section, shall be placed in a program consistent with the vote. If treatment
program managers recommend a different program for an offender, a transmittal
shall be forwarded to the parole panel requesting approval to place the
offender in a different program.
Notes
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