Notice to new members intending to register - from January 9th 2012

jr214wifey · #1 03-05-2012, 01:52 PM

Hi! I ve posted this once before & didn't get any replies. I hopingnow with seeing so many YES' from this board I might get a few responses: I was told my hubby wld be under the Palestine Board..he is at Beto Unit in Tennesee Colony, Tx on a 6yr sentence for Agg Robbery. He comes up for parole in July of this yr. Im excited!! I kno the chances of him getting his 1st parole are unlikey but I will continue to have high hopes for the small chance that he may be one of the lucky ones. Ne ways just wondering if ne one else is under this parole board or has been in the past & if u have ne helpful info or stats on them plz share? Or if you kno where I can go look up more info on the parole board...I will appreciate ne insight u can give.

**Renee** · #2 03-05-2012, 02:05 PM

I wish you the best of luck! Another member, Firebrand, had this to say about the boards. Hopefully he will be along soon and can tell you where he got the information. Good luck!

jr214wifey · #3 03-05-2012, 02:42 PM

Thanks that put a smile on face & today I rlly need that. Hope I can get that info from him.

CenTexLyn · #4 03-06-2012, 02:51 AM

Palestine is in a state of flux right now. Troy Fox was just recently named as the Commissioner to replace Paul Kiel when Paul went to San Antonio. Hensarling and Skyrme are certainly reasonable voters and I hold similar hopes for Troy give his past experience as Board Administrator. He should begin serving as a lead voter when his training is completed later this month...

Also, by the time he enters the review process, the revised guidelines will have begun to be used...current word is that they will start using them with IPO interviews from April on until the next revision...

jr214wifey · #5 03-06-2012, 04:30 AM

Wow thnk u for that info! Can u tell me where u get all that sorta info on the voters?? Also what will the revised guidelines be? I

Diaz07 · #6 03-06-2012, 02:13 PM

Glad you posted this! My husband is also in the Palestine Region and i was wondering the same. My hubby's EPD is Sept. 2012

jr214wifey · #7 03-06-2012, 02:37 PM

I haven't got many responses but the few I have, have been helpful. I also have been seeing alot of Yes votes coming from this parole board in the last few months so that gives me a lil extra hope! What unit is ur husband at?

Diaz07 · #8 03-06-2012, 02:49 PM

Yea my husband said that there are alot of people getting paroled were he's at too! He is at Bradshaw Statejail in Henderson. He is tdcj but bradshaw is a transfer facility for tdcj inmates also. he hates it there. :-/

jr214wifey · #9 03-06-2012, 03:09 PM

Ugh Im sorry! Is that gon b his permanent unit? Where are u located?

Diaz07 · #10 03-06-2012, 03:15 PM

Hell no i hope not! Well..im praying that he makes this first parole this year! Lol but they can hold tdcj inmates for up to two years. Im in Mckinney/Plano area..you?

jr214wifey · #11 03-06-2012, 03:36 PM

LoL. How long has he been there? Yea im praying for our 1st parole too so I'll keep my fingers crossed for u guys too! U not too far , Im in dallas! Good to have another DFW chic around!!

CenTexLyn · #12 03-06-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jr214wifey

Wow thnk u for that info! Can u tell me where u get all that sorta info on the voters?? Also what will the revised guidelines be? I

Much of it is public information but I also worked for the agency for a number of years and know a number of the voters based upon those experiences. I also have routinely attended some of the BPP meetings that are open to the public and have cause to stay current with other changes to agency operations and staffing.

Basic Board Member and Commissioner bios are on the Board's website. Additionally, all of the agendas for the meetings subject to the Open Meetings provisions of the law are available in advance. You would be surprised how few people ever bother to attend those meetings...I've known some who have gone and were one of maybe two or three (if that many) who were in attendance.

bjswife2300 · #13 03-06-2012, 07:47 PM

My husband got approved under the palestine board. He was under the Gatesville board at the beginning of parole review in Nov 2011, got transferred in Jan 2012 and got approved at new unit (palestine board) in Feb 2012. He is serving 4 yrs agg...he will be home in sept. after serving a little under 3 yrs. Thank you Jesus!!! First time up!. Never give up hope!

jr214wifey · #14 03-06-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bjswife2300

My husband got approved under the palestine board. He was under the Gatesville board at the beginning of parole review in Nov 2011, got transferred in Jan 2012 and got approved at new unit (palestine board) in Feb 2012. He is serving 4 yrs agg...he will be home in sept. after serving a little under 3 yrs. Thank you Jesus!!! First time up!. Never give up hope!

Yayyy! Congrats to u both! So this was his 1st time coming up for parole on a agg charge && he made it? Thats such great news! Maybe jus maybe we'll get lucky too...

jr214wifey · #15 03-06-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CenTexLyn

Much of it is public information but I also worked for the agency for a number of years and know a number of the voters based upon those experiences. I also have routinely attended some of the BPP meetings that are open to the public and have cause to stay current with other changes to agency operations and staffing.

Basic Board Member and Commissioner bios are on the Board's website. Additionally, all of the agendas for the meetings subject to the Open Meetings provisions of the law are available in advance. You would be surprised how few people ever bother to attend those meetings...I've known some who have gone and were one of maybe two or three (if that many) who were in attendance.

Where can I find their website? Also what were the new guidelines u were referring to in ur 1st post?

Diaz07 · #16 03-07-2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jr214wifey

LoL. How long has he been there? Yea im praying for our 1st parole too so I'll keep my fingers crossed for u guys too! U not too far , Im in dallas! Good to have another DFW chic around!!

He's been there for about 7 months now. :-/ It sucks too cuz this facility doesnt take pictures! and since he's been incarcerated i had our little boy in January, and he hasnt got one picture with him as a new born. Its hard. So when is yalls parole elig. coming up?? Its nerve wracking huh?!

jr214wifey · #17 03-07-2012, 11:30 AM

Aww congrats on ur son! It is hard having a new born when their dads arent around & u cant jus do tha normal things like take pics.. We are eligible in July of this yr. So Im tryna get it all put together. Verrry nerve wracking!

CenTexLyn · #18 03-07-2012, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jr214wifey

Where can I find their website? Also what were the new guidelines u were referring to in ur 1st post?

The Board's website is linked off of the main TDCJ webpage.

The new static and dynamic factors are tweaks from the old worksheet that was being used. There are some changes that affect solely the males and some that affect solely the females, most notably in the current age (recognizing differences in age brackets as they relate to rates of recidivism). There are also some other tweaks related to offense and a few other variables that could serve to change risk levels...

I do not know if they have posted them to their website yet...I do know that some copies from the February Board meeting have shown up on a couple of units though.

RobinsMan · #19 03-07-2012, 08:17 PM

Public information perhaps but that doesn't keep the parole division from refusing to disclose. In response to a request of mine they filed a request for an opinion from the AG claiming that blank parole scoring forms related to DWI were statutorily excepted as public information. It was a pathetically lame attempt on their part and the AG opinion they received in response echoed my own letter to the AG almost word for word. What the parole division has done in response to the AG opinion that they "may not withhold" the forms (Parole Guildelines and Decision Summary Form, Risk Item Factors and the Supplumental DWI Risk Assessment Factors and Scale) was to ignore the opinion and continue to ignore me.

CenTexLyn · #20 03-07-2012, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RobinsMan

Public information perhaps but that doesn't keep the parole division from refusing to disclose. In response to a request of mine they filed a request for an opinion from the AG claiming that blank parole scoring forms related to DWI were statutorily excepted as public information. It was a pathetically lame attempt on their part and the AG opinion they received in response echoed my own letter to the AG almost word for word. What the parole division has done in response to the AG opinion that they "may not withhold" the forms (Parole Guildelines and Decision Summary Form, Risk Item Factors and the Supplumental DWI Risk Assessment Factors and Scale) was to ignore the opinion and continue to ignore me.

The 2011 documents were probably the ones associated with the TCU screening form that could actually be downloaded from TCU's website (yes, the college). I know they had done some of the forms that were being used in the past year or so that are referenced in some of the policies related to the Board's FI-6 DWI program voting option (I don't have that policy right in front of me so I forget the effective date of the Board Policy/Directive).

That being said...the stonewalling doesn't surprise me for the simple fact that they (TDCJ) know few people are willing to push for litigation to enforce the letter opinions from the OAG as they relate to the release of records. However, another rather effective backdoor is to get back in touch with the OAG staff attorney who signed off on the Opinion...I have had to do that in a couple of cases and usually had materials from an agency (not TDCJ) within a few days.

The new instrument is something that literally is new within the past month. Also, now that IPO's fall under the Board's umbrella rather than the Parole Division, it may be worth revisiting your requests for documents under the TPIA...

pennydc1 · #21 03-07-2012, 08:46 PM

My hubby is at Coffield also under the Palestine board. He said lots of guys are getting paroled from there as well. I have a friend whose husband got out after 20 years (on a 40 year sentence) so even tho I'm trying to not get my hopes up, its hard not to.

BiggiesBabyGirl · #22 03-10-2012, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CenTexLyn

Much of it is public information but I also worked for the agency for a number of years and know a number of the voters based upon those experiences. I also have routinely attended some of the BPP meetings that are open to the public and have cause to stay current with other changes to agency operations and staffing.

Basic Board Member and Commissioner bios are on the Board's website. Additionally, all of the agendas for the meetings subject to the Open Meetings provisions of the law are available in advance. You would be surprised how few people ever bother to attend those meetings...I've known some who have gone and were one of maybe two or three (if that many) who were in attendance.

Do you have knowledge of where to find details of the DWI supplemental risk assessment the board will be using?

brokennglass · #23 03-14-2012, 06:17 PM

Mine is at boyd and his mom just emailed me the other day telling me people are parolling from there in droves. including agg offenders. I have my hopes up that he'll be out in no more than 2 years, thanks to my faith.

his first time up is in january and he's served almost 9 of a 20 year sentence. Can't wait to see his precious face outside of those walls.

jr214wifey · #24 04-11-2012, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CenTexLyn

The 2011 documents were probably the ones associated with the TCU screening form that could actually be downloaded from TCU's website (yes, the college). I know they had done some of the forms that were being used in the past year or so that are referenced in some of the policies related to the Board's FI-6 DWI program voting option (I don't have that policy right in front of me so I forget the effective date of the Board Policy/Directive).

That being said...the stonewalling doesn't surprise me for the simple fact that they (TDCJ) know few people are willing to push for litigation to enforce the letter opinions from the OAG as they relate to the release of records. However, another rather effective backdoor is to get back in touch with the OAG staff attorney who signed off on the Opinion...I have had to do that in a couple of cases and usually had materials from an agency (not TDCJ) within a few days.

The new instrument is something that literally is new within the past month. Also, now that IPO's fall under the Board's umbrella rather than the Parole Division, it may be worth revisiting your requests for documents under the TPIA...

So do we kno when these guidlines will come into effect?

jr214wifey · #25 04-11-2012, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by brokennglass

Mine is at boyd and his mom just emailed me the other day telling me people are parolling from there in droves. including agg offenders. I have my hopes up that he'll be out in no more than 2 years, thanks to my faith.

his first time up is in january and he's served almost 9 of a 20 year sentence. Can't wait to see his precious face outside of those walls.

I feel ya! Good luck to u both!!