How to realize the state’s vision for effective community supervision to STOP the cycle of crime

1 // HOW TO REALIZE THE STATE’S VISION FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO STOP THE CYCLE OF CRIME THE DATA UNDERLINE KEY CHALLENGES THE PROBATION SYSTEM FACES TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE Probation lasts longer than needed to stop the cycle of crime and reduce recidivism. [...] State law requires courts to issue an arrest warrant whenever the prosecutor files a motion to revoke—even if the court will ultimately decide to allow the person sentenced to probation to continue to serve their sentence on community supervision.41 WHAT IS A REVOCATION AND HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK? A person sentenced to probation is able to remain in the community without interruption of everyda. [...] 12 // HOW TO REALIZE THE STATE’S VISION FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO STOP THE CYCLE OF CRIME The data show that half (50.6 percent) of motions to revoke filed with the court in Fiscal Year 2019 were HALF OF MOTIONS TO REVOKE FILED WITH THE COURT WERE denied.42 This means that the prosecutor filed a motion, DENIED the person sentenced to probation was arrested and may have been jailed, an. [...] rehabilitation.62 Frontloading funding in the first years of felony supervision was a key recommendation of a 2016 report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Community Justice Assistance Division.63 But the way the state funds CSCDs means departments get the same level of funding for someone sentenced 16 // HOW TO REALIZE THE STATE’S VISION FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO STOP THE. [...] For people sentenced to probation who that are shifting to best practices use local and state are not behind on payments, the credits to incentivize dollars to fund a broader set of responses to technical individuals to reduce their terms are small.66 violations to reduce the number of people sentenced to probation who fail, and set limits on how long someone Standardizing incentives and the polic.