Policy Recommendations
Recommendation 1: Texas Should Shift Its Criminal Justice Funding Dollars from Incarceration of Non-Violent Offenders to Other Alternatives that Save Money and Work.
Recommendation 2: Texas Should Prevent Future Prison Overcrowding by Stopping the Flow of Probationers into Prisons.
Recommendation 3: Texas Should Implement Parole Guidelines to Make Room for Violent, Untreatable Offenders.
Recommendation 4: Texas Should Tackle the Prolbem of Drug Abuse Head On and Establish a Recidivism Prevention Infrastructure.
Recommendation 5: Texas Should Restructure Its Criminal Penalty Levels.