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INTRODUCTION
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
The primary role of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (hereinafter referred to as the Board)
is the discretionary release of eligible offenders sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice-Correctional Institutions Division (TDCJ-CID) that includes:
" determining which prisoners are due to be released on parole or discretionary
mandatory supervision;
" determining conditions of parole and mandatory supervision;
" determining revocation of parole and mandatory supervision; and
" recommending the resolution of clemency matters to the Governor.
The Board consists of seven Board Members appointed for six-year terms by the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Senate. The Presiding Officer reports directly to the Governor and
serves as administrative head of the agency. Fourteen Parole Commissioners are hired by the
Presiding Officer to assist the Board in deciding parole release and revocation by serving as voting
members on parole panels. The Board uses research-based Parole Guidelines to assess each
offender's likelihood for a successful parole against the risk to society. The Board has offices in
Amarillo, Angleton, Austin, Gatesville, Huntsville, Palestine and San Antonio.
The Board has a nationwide toll-free telephone number (1-844-512-0461) for current information
regarding an offender's parole review status, which includes whether or not an offender is in the
review process, the last parole decision and date and an offender's next scheduled review. The
listing consolidates telephone numbers of the numerous Board and Institutional Parole Offices
spread across the state of Texas, centralizing them in one call center. The call center answers
parole review inquiries about incarcerated TDCJ offenders including parole status information
for offenders, offender families, attorneys, TDCJ Victim Services, state legislative offices, trial
officials and law enforcement offices throughout Texas and the U.S. In addition, the Board website
streamlines the current business process by alleviating the need to address the most commonly
asked parole status questions while allowing the Board to respond to more complex requests
in a timely manner (almost real time), be more responsive to public inquiries, provide better
information access and achieve a higher volume of work.
Board Toll-free number: 1-844-512-0461, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CST), Monday - Friday;
Offender Online Search: https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/index.jsp
Administrative Support manages the day-to-day operations that support agency functions
and responsibilities. Other duties include requests for special review after a denial of parole
release, Motions for Reinstatement, tracking of waivers and transmittals, and responses to
correspondence dealing with many related issues. In addition, Administrative Support schedules
hearings, prepares statistical information and provides technical support for the agency.3
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Texas. Department of Criminal Justice. Answers to Common Questions, report, 2019; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1454251/m1/4/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.