The slowdown appears to be mainly due to staff shortages at TDCJ. I hope the bottleneck isn’t permanent, but my sources seem skeptical that the issue will be fixed any time soon.
Early Release Options
As repeated in each of our lessons, our team of prison professors encourage people to focus on getting the best possible outcome. Individuals will define the best possible outcome differently depending on the values and goals that drive them. However, every prisoner strives to return to society as soon as possible.
Although an individual’s attorney would be best placed to advise on the prospects of release through court proceedings, such as B. an appeal or a request for legal protection after the conviction. This lesson focuses on mechanisms for early release by the government executive rather than the judicial system.
Should I get tested if I haven’t been drinking that much?
You’re an adult so it’s really up to you, but our advice (from 10+ years of DWI case management) is NO. You should not use standardized sobriety tests in the field. Your DWI case is harder to defend if you look drunk on video. Even if you haven’t been drinking that much, there are many reasons why you could appear drunk in the video:
- You are extremely nervous and have a high stress level when you get kicked out of your car in the middle by a policeman at night
- Your footwear (heels, flip-flops, etc.)
- The wind is blowing hard
- It’s cold outside and you’re shaking
- you have an old injury that makes you limp or not walk “normally”
- you have poor balance (even on a good day)
Program accumulation
If an inmate diligently participates in an industrial or other work, agricultural, school, or vocational program, you may earn up to 15 days for every 30 days actually served. Participation in a literacy program as a tutor or student is considered an educational program. However, you must participate in good faith and diligently.
TDJC grants inmates incarcerated in county jails up to 10 days for every 30 days served, same as in Line Class I. County jail inmates who diligently participate in a bailiff-run volunteer program can have up to 15 days accrue for each 30 days actually served with a certificate from the bailiff of the number of days the inmate has diligently attended.