Texas Department of Criminal Justice Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 Page: 14
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External/Internal Assessment
Organizational AspectsOperational Review, American Correctional Association
Accreditation, and Risk Management).
BUSINESS & FINANCE DIVISION - supports the agency
through sound fiscal management, provision of financial
services and statistical information, purchasing and
leasing services, agribusiness, land and mineral
operations, maintaining a fiduciary responsibility over
offender commissary funds, and ensuring fiscal
responsibility through compliance with laws and court-
mandated requirements.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION - provides
automated information services and technology support
to all divisions within the TDCJ, Board of Pardons and
Paroles, and other external entities as needed. Services
include applications programming, network support,
system and network operations, support services,
information security, and voice, data and video
communications for the agency.
MANUFACTURING & LOGISTICS DIVISION - benefits
the state of Texas by providing quality service in
warehousing operations, freight transportation, the
management of TDCJ vehicles, and by manufacturing
quality products and services for the TDCJ, other state
agencies and political subdivisions, while providing
marketable job skills training for incarcerated offenders.
The division also monitors the Prison Industry
Enhancement (PIE) program to ensure compliance with
state and federal guidelines.
FACILITIES DIVISION - is responsible for all aspects of
physical plant management for the TDCJ. Functions
include planning, design, construction, maintenance, and
environmental quality assurance and compliance of
facilities.
VICTIM SERVICES DIVISION - provides constitutionally
and statutorily mandated services to victims, surviving
family members, witnesses, concerned citizens, victim
service providers and criminal justice professionals. The
Victim Services Division (VSD) utilizes the VictimNotification System (VNS), a confidential database, to
provide notifications via letter, email or both regarding
the incarceration and supervision of an offender,
including the parole review process. The VSD Victim
Offender Mediation/Dialogue program provides an
opportunity for crime victims to exercise their right to
initiate a person-to-person meeting with the offender
responsible for their victimization. The VSD Texas
Crime Victim Clearinghouse: revises the Victim Impact
Statement form after every legislative session; collects
statistics from district and county attorney's offices
regarding the distribution and collection of the Victim
Impact Statement; and provides a web-based Victim
Resource Directory. The VSD also prepares and
accompanies victims who choose to witness the
execution of the offender convicted of the capital
murder of their family member.
REHABILITATION PROGRAMS DIVISION - integrates
strategic evidence-based programs that encompass every
division within the agency to ensure programs and
services are administered efficiently and with
consistency. The programs are designed to meet the
offender's individual needs, improve institutional
adjustment and facilitate transition from prison into the
community. Departments within this division include:
Chaplaincy, Faith-Based Dorms, Sex Offender
Rehabilitation Programs, Substance Abuse Treatment
Programs, Volunteer Programs, Youthful Offender
Program (COURAGE), Serious and Violent Offender
Reentry Initiative, Administrative Segregation Pre-
Release and Transition Programming, Post Secondary
Education Programs, and Baby and Mother Bonding
Initiative (BAMBI).
HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION - works with health care
contractors and the Correctional Managed Health Care
Committee (CMHCC) to ensure health care services are
provided to incarcerated offenders in the custody of the
TDCJ. The Health Services Division has statutory
authority to ensure access to care, monitor quality of
care, investigate medical grievances, and conduct- - - ~ - -
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Texas. Department of Criminal Justice. Texas Department of Criminal Justice Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019, report, July 7, 2014; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth639359/m1/18/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.