It’s difficult to fully understand the Street Time credit rules for probation officers in Texas. The rules require some math, a reasonable understanding of the client’s criminal history, and, most annoyingly, an accurate assessment of how the client’s criminal history is currently classified under the Texas Criminal Procedure Code.
Let’s unpack the rules. As always, this is not free legal advice, just an overview. Contact your attorney for professional advice on how the rules apply to your situation.
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General Requirements
BPP-DIR 141.355 allows long-term inmates to submit information, provide documents, and make statements at a mandatory first-time voter interview. To qualify for an interview, inmates must have been sentenced to TDCJ and be in continuous detention for a minimum time. However, depending on the severity of the offence, there are two different time limits:
- Prisoners who are not imprisoned for an offense under HB 1914 must have been imprisoned for twenty years without interruption.
- Prisoners imprisoned for a crime under HB 1914 must have been imprisoned for thirty years without interruption.
How does the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles determine parole?
The parole board begins the parole determination process by reviewing the offense and the sentence:
- Many people are eligible for parole after serving a fourth part of their sentence in prison or have served prison time.
- Credit is then determined by adding the good time to the actual calendar time worked.
- According to Section 498. 001 of the Texas Government Code, a good time is based on the offender’s behavior (reflected by his rating status), such as: B. His willingness to actively participate in educational programs, work and vocational training. offered.
- Good weather does not affect the length of an inmate’s sentence: if he is sentenced to 10 years, he is serving the sentence.
- Good weather can be deducted as a kind of penalty.
- The mandatory inmate release date is the day the offender has served sufficient calendar time, plus sufficient time to serve their full prison or prison sentence. The mandatory release date doesn’t always mean he or she will be automatically released on that date: it usually means he or she will receive another parole check from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
What is probation?
Probation is the voluntary release of an offender, by decision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, to serve the remainder of a sentence in the community under supervision. THERE IS NO RIGHT TO PROBATION, IT IS A PRIVILEGE. There is no probationary interest on probation. I say this so often that lawyers and criminals contact me to find out when a criminal will be released. While there are factors to consider when assessing the likelihood of parole, there are no guarantees. Each case is decided for itself.
The parole review process begins 6 months prior to the Probation Eligibility Date (“PED”) for an initial review and 4 months prior to a subsequent review. The review process is the mechanism by which an offender’s case is assembled and prepared for review by the parole board. Documents collected may include, but are not limited to, court documents, police reports, disciplinary cases, work orders, appointment and house plan reviews, etc.