Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2015 Page: 3
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Mission
The mission of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is to provide public safety, promote
positive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society and assist victims of
crime.
Philosophy
The Department will be open, ethical and accountable to our fellow citizens and work cooper-
atively with other public and private entities. We will foster a quality working environment free
of bias and respectful of each individual. Our programs will provide a continuum of services
consistent with contemporary standards to confine, supervise and treat criminal offenders
in an innovative, cost-effective and efficient manner.
Goals
- To provide diversions to traditional incarceration through the use of community supervi-
sion and other community-based programs.
- To provide a comprehensive continuity of care system for special needs offenders
through statewide collaboration and coordination.
- To provide for confinement, supervision, rehabilitation and reintegration of adult felons.
- To ensure that there are adequate housing and support facilities for convicted felons
during confinement.
- To provide supervision and administer the range of options and sanctions available for
felons' reintegration back into society following release from confinement.
- To establish and carry out policies governing purchase and public work contracting that
foster meaningful and substantive inclusion of historically underutilized businesses.Annual Review Fiscal Year 2015 'iTexas Department of Crimina(Justice
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