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| Texas officials eye probation as prisons fill |
| By AP |
| Published: 02/14/2005 |
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Inmate populations are nearing capacity in the Texas prison system and officials are considering using more probationary sentences as an alternative to building new prisons. However, some top state lawmakers say the state's probation system suffers from its own problems that would require millions of dollars in state funds to fix. The biggest problem is that caseloads carried by probation supervisors is already too high. Also, those sentenced to probation tend to violate their requirements and go to prison anyway. The San Antonio Express-News reports Texas probation officers now supervise about 150 offenders each. That means less individual supervision and greater reliance on measures such as drug tests. A recent Legislative Budget Board report says the state's 150,000-bed prison system will have about 500 more inmates than it can house by late this summer. It also said the system could be 5,000 inmates over capacity by 2008. |
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