Texas Parole Guidelines Annual Report: 2011 Page: 7
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Parole Guidelines (guidelines) are tools that assist the members of the parole panel or the Board in
making discretionary parole release decisions The parole guidelines consist of two major components
that interact to provide a single score The first is a Risk Assessment Instrument that weighs both static
and dynamic factors associated with the inmate's record The other component is Offense Severity
class
~ Risk Assessment Instrument
Static factors are those associated with the imate's pnor criminal record They will not change over
time Dynamic factors reflect charactenstics the inmate has demonstrated since being incarcerated and
are factors that can change over time
* Static factors include:
- Age at first admission to a juvemle or adult correctional facility
- History of supervisory release revocations for felony offenses
- Pnor incarcerations
- Employment history
- The commitment offense
* Dynamic factors include:
- Inmate's current age
- Whether the inmate is a confirmed secunty threat group (gang) member
- Education, vocational and certified on-the-job training programs completed dunng the
present incarceration
- Pnson disciplinary conduct
- Current pnson custody level
An inmate can be assigned 0-9 points on static factors and 0-12 points on dynamic factors Alow score
is associated with low nsk The higher the score, the greater the nsk the inmate presents for a successful
paroleTexas Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles. Texas Parole Guidelines Annual Report: 2011, report, 2011; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth624409/m1/7/?q=%222010-09-01%2F2011-08-31%22: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.