Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 5 - TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES › Chapter 145 - PAROLE › Subchapter A - PAROLE PROCESS › Section 145.12 - Action upon Review

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
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);