Texas Department of Criminal Justice Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 Page: D-13
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
FY 2016-2017 Performance Measure DefinitionsDefinition
The number of offenders escaped from incarceration in state or privately-operated facilities to include unit, state property or
worksite. All successful escapes from the unit, state property or worksite while in custody of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice are included. The number is calculated by adding the number of escaped offenders (private and state
operated facilities).Type measure Outcome
Key or Non-Key? Key
Purpose Illustrates the degree to which security Is maintained.
Escapes are reported by the facilities via telephone and mainframe in accordance with Texas Department of
Data Source and Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Administrative Directive 02.15-Operations of the Emergency Action Center (EAC) and
Collection Reporting Procedures for Serious or Unusual Incidents. The information is then downloaded from the
mainframe by Executive Services.
Methodology/Calculation Number of escaped offenders for the period as reported to the Emergency Action Center.
.a . n .Since the number of escaped offenders is so small, one or two escaped offenders may exceed the five-percent
Data Limitations allowable variance.
Cumulative/non- Non-cumulative
cumulative?
New Measure? No
Target Attainment Y Lower than target
The turnover rate of Correctional Officers for a fiscal year based on the number of Correctional Officer separations
Definition divided by the average number of filled Correctional Officer positions during the fiscal year. Note: This rate is published
in the State Auditor's Office (SAO) Annual Report on Full-Time Classified State Employee Turnover for each fiscal year.
Type measure Outcome
Key or Non-Key? Key
Indicates the turnover rate for correctional officers that separated from the agency during the fiscal year. It is
Purpose used to monitor correctional staffing levels and trends.
Data Source and The State Auditor's Office collects/gathers/summarizes the information from the Comptroller of Public
Collection Accounts' Standardized Payroll/Personnel Reporting System.
For the purposes of determining turnover, the following calculation was used to identify the turnover rate:
(Number of Separations During the Fiscal Year [FY]/Average Number of Correctional Officers During the FY*)
Methodology/Calculation x 100
*The "Average Number of Correctional Officers" was calculated by totaling the number of Correctional
Officers (defined as someone who worked at any time during a quarter) for each quarter of the fiscal year and
then dividing this total by four quarters.
Data Limitations The turnover rate is determined by the State Auditor's Office on an annual basis.
Cumulative/non- Non-cumulative
cumulative?
New Measure? No
Target Attainment Y Lower than targetAppendix D
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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/m1/81/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.