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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 6TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CHAPTER 163COMMUNITY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE DIVISION STANDARDS
RULE §163.3Objectives

The objectives of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Community Justice Assistance Division (TDCJ CJAD) standards are to:

  (1) make community supervision and corrections available to every judicial district in Texas;

  (2) continue community supervision and corrections as a viable criminal justice sanction;

  (3) assist each community supervision and corrections department (CSCD) in providing protection to the community and rehabilitation services for the offender;

  (4) provide technical assistance in the establishment, improvement, and expansion of community-based programs;

  (5) coordinate information and services available from federal, state, and local resources;

  (6) establish minimum uniform community supervision and corrections administration standards;

  (7) establish a statewide statistical information service;

  (8) enhance the professional knowledge and skills of CSCD personnel by providing statewide and regional education and training, and by providing assistance for in-service training with the departments;

  (9) establish an ongoing assessment and evaluation of community supervision and community-based correctional methods and systems; and

  (10) establish regionally based programs serving two or more jurisdictions where such programs address similar offender profiles.


Source Note: The provisions of this §163.3 adopted to be effective March 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 944; amended to be effective August 16, 1995, 20 TexReg 5799; amended to be effective October 13, 1997, 22 TexReg 9896; amended to be effective June 20, 2002, 27 TexReg 5220; amended to be effective September 13, 2018, 43 TexReg 5809

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