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resolve GPS and electronic monitoring alerts, which indicates an offender
may be in violation of his or her parole restrictions, within one business day.
Also, depending on the offender's record and history of drug use, the
Department may require parole officers to administer drug tests at specific
intervals.
However, the Department's Parole Division did not always comply with these
supervision requirements during fiscal year 2007. Specifically:
- In 65 of 74 (88 percent) offender files reviewed, parole officers contacted
the offender as required by the assessed level of supervision.
+ In the remaining 9 (12 percent) offender files, parole officers had
contact with the offender, however they did not complete all the
specified contacts required for each month.
- In 27 of 49 (55 percent) offender files reviewed, the offender received a
drug test from one to three months later than the required frequency
interval. Four of the offender files indicated these tests were reportedly
late due to the Department's lack of testing supplies
- For 33 of 40 (82 percent) GPS alerts from fiscal year 2007 reviewed,
parole officers resolved the alerts by the next business day, as required.
Some unresolved alerts may be attributed to parole officers' failure to
promptly resolve equipment malfunctions. However, auditors performed
follow-up testing of GPS alerts that occurred in January 2008 and noted a
marked improvement: 10,838 of 10,857 (99 percent) of the GPS alerts
were reviewed and resolved by the next business day due to enhanced
monitoring efforts the Department implemented in fiscal year 2007 to
address this issue.
- In 9 of 40 (22 percent) electronic monitoring alerts reviewed, parole
officers did not resolve the alerts within the required time frame.
The Department does not always ensure that parole officers consistently enter
the required offender-related information into QIMS.
The Department developed OIMS in part to automate parole-related functions,
including some aspects of supervising offenders. OIMS provides a central
repository for documentation of parole officers' offender-related contacts and
interactions, which allows parole officers throughout the state to access an
offender's case management information.
OIMS' Parole Supervision module is used by parole officers to document
their interactions with offenders on parole and is considered the substantive
record of monitoring activities and communications with offenders. Some
technical violations of parole require the parole officer to impose an
intervention, rather than initiate a revocation hearing. Department policies
An Audit Report on Selected Parole Functions at the Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles
SAO Report No. 08-036
June 2008
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Texas. Office of the State Auditor. An Audit Report on Selected Parole Functions at the Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, report, June 2008; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth517454/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.