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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 373
it, and the inmate accepts it. An inmate is,
eligible for consideration for parole after he
has served one-third of his maximum sen-
tence, or after he has served at least fifteen
years in cases where the sentence is forty-
five years or more. He is also eligible for
consideration when he has served one-fourth
of his sentence when his maximum sentence
is four times greater than the minimum sen-
tence in case he has an indeterminate sen-
tence.
B. Emergency Reprieves.-The Board of Par-
dons and Paroles will consider requests for
emergency reprieves on the following types
of .cases:
1. Critical illness or death in the inmate's
immediate family.
2. Need for the inmate to have medical or
surgical attention not available in prison.
3. Need for an inmate' to defend his prop-
erty or family from court action.
C. Commutations of Sentences.-A commu-
tation of sentence means a reduction of the
sentence. The Board of Pardons and Paroles.
considers cases only wherein error in judg-
ment is proved, or wherein the facts dis-
closed subsequent to trial indicate a basis for
a commutation. These cases are considered
individually on their own merits and theremust be recommendations for such reductions
from the trial officials. Thirty-day commuta-
tions are granted for blood donations made
to other inmates or to hospital blood banks
which are certified to the Board of Pardons
and Paroles by the prison officials. A com-
mutation may be granted for time spent in
outside hospitals for treatment not available
in prison upon proper certification to the
board by prison officials.
Types of Crime.
Classification of the crimes of the 4,051
prisoners admitted during the year 1956 was
as follows: Arson 10. assault to murder 82,
assault to rape 37; assault to rob 35, bigamy
6, burglary 958, burglary of private residence
at night time 7, burglary of railroad car 2;
embezzlement 9, forgery and passing 676,
incest 8, keeping gambling house 2, kidnap-
ping 2, misappropriation of public funds 2,
murder 225, narcotics 429, offering bribe 1,
perjury 4, rape (life) 10, rape (term) 52, re-
ceiving and concealing stolen property 6, rob-
bery 104; robbery by assault 174, robbery by
use of firearms 24, swindling 24, sodomy 47,.
theft of cattle 16, theft of hogs 1, theft from
person 17, theft, miscellaneous 790, driving
while intoxicated 85, theft of auto 14, miscel-
laneous 192.Prisoners, by Counties
As of Decer~ber 31, 1956, there were 9,267
prisoners in the Department of Corrections.
During the year 4,051 prisoners were ad-
mitted to the -department. The table below
shows the counties in which they were con-
victed and the number of convictions in each
county:County- No.
Anderson ........ 9
Andrews ........ 5
Angelina ........ 12
Aransas ......... 2
Archer .......... 4
Atascosa ........ 5
Banderas ......... 1
Bastrop ......... 8
Bailey .......... 5
Baylor .......... 3
Bee ............. 4
Bell ............49
Bexar ........... 351
Blanco ....... 3
Borden ........... 1
Bosque ...........
Bowie .......... 16
Brazoria .......... 11
Brazos ........... 10
Brewster........ 6
Brooks ......... 5
Brown .......... 10
Buieson ......... 3
Burnet ......... 4
Caldwell ....... 19
Calhoun .........
Callahan ........ 7
Cameron ........ 52
Carson.......... 3
Cass ........... 3
Castro .......... 1
Cherokee ........ 11
raon 2.. 7
Coleman ........ 8
Collin........... 12
Colorado . 6...... 6
Comal ......
Comanche ....... 3
Concho '.......... 3
Cooke .......... 3
Cote .....
Crane .......... 22
Crockett ........ .3
Crosby.......... 4
Culberson ........ 1'
Dallnam .......... 7
Dallas .......... 500
Dawson .......... 7
DeaIf Smith....... 8County- No.
Delta ............ 2
Denton .......... 8
Dickens .......... 5
Dimmit .......... 3
Donley .......... 1
Duval .......... 3
Eastland ........ .6
Ector ........... .39
Ellis ............ 15
El Paso.......... 117
Erath ........... 1
Falls ...........11
Fannin ......... 11
Fayette ......... 9
Fisher .......... 4
Floyd ............ 10
Foard .......... 3
Fort Bend........ 25
Freestone ........ 1
Frio ............ 3
Gaines ........... 8
Galveston ........ 43
Glasscock........ 4
Gonzales ......... 6
Gray .............9
Grayson ..........
Gregg .......... 17
Grimes .......... 1
Guadalupe .......12
Hale............ 11
Hall ............. 4
Hamilton ........ 1
Hansford ........ 3
Hardeman ....... 8
Hardin .......... 8
Harris .......... 656
Harrison ......... 12
Hartley ...........1
.Haskell ...........6
Hays ........... 12
Hemphill ........ 1
Henderson ....... 4
Hidalgo ......... 81
Hill........... 6
Hocley .... ... 4
Hood........... 2
Hopkns'........ 6
Howard ......... 58
Houston ........ 1
Hudspeth ...... 3
Hunt ............ 16County- No.
Hutchinson ...... 23
Irion ............ 1
Jack .......... 1
Jackson ........ 7
Jasper ........... 3
Jefferson ....... 18
Jim Hogg......... 1
Jim W 1 s........
Johnson ......... 22
Jones........... 5
Karnes .......... 7
Kaufman ...... . 18
Kendall .......... 5
Kerr ........... " 3
Kimble .......... 1
King ............ 2
Kleberg ........ 14
Knox ............ 4
Lamar .......... 16
Lamb ........ 3
Lampasas ........ 4
Lavaca ..4
LaSalle .......... 2
Libert........... 13
Lmetone .........9
Live Oak ...... 7
Llano ............ 1
Lubbock ........ 76
L ln ... ...... 1
McLenna, ....... 43
Marion ........ 5
Martin .... ... 6
Mason .......... 1
Matagorda ....... 5
Maverick ........ 3
Medina ......... 11
Midland ......... 25
Milam .......... 5
Mills ........... 2
Mitchell ........ 2
Montague........ 3
Montgomery ..... 5
Moore ........... 10
Morris ........... 1
Motley ........... .1
Nacogdoches ..... 9
Navarro ......... 8
Newton.......... 4
Nolan ........... 5
Nueces ......... 126
Ochiltree :..... 1
Oldham .......... 3
Palo into....... 11
Panola .......... 8
Parker.......... 4
Polk............. 1
Potter ........... 56County- Nd.
Presidio ......... 2
Randall .......... 7
Red River........ 5
Reeves .......... 11
Refugio .......... 9
Robertson ....... 3
Rockwall ........ 1
Runnels ......... 7
Rusk ........... 8
Sabine .......... 2
San Augustine.... 4
San Patricio...... 19
San Saba......... 2
Scurry ........... 5
Shackelford ...... 4
Shelby ........... 16
Sherman......... 3
Smith ........... 46
Somervel ........ 2
Starr ........... 4.
StephenS ......... 9
Sterling......... 2
Stonewall ........ 3
Sutton ........... 2
Swisher.......... 3
Tarrant ......... 229
Taylor ........... 41
Terrell........... 1
Terry ............ 16
Titus.............7
Tom Green....... 30
Travis ........... 80
Trinity .......... 5
Tyler........... 4
Upshur .......... 1
Upton ........... 4
Uvalde 2
Valb Verde........ 12
Van Zandt........ 4
Victoria ......... 21
Walker .......... 6
Waller ......... 9
Ward. ......... 9
Washington .... 3
Webb.......... ti
Wharton ......... 17
Wheeler ......... 33
Wichita ........ 15
Wilbare.- ........ 9
Willacy.......... 6
Willamson ........14
Wilson...........
Winkler ......... 3
Wise ............ 2
Wood ............ 7
Yoakum ......... 2
TOTAL .........4,06.
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