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Collin County's push toward stronger probation not as flawed as earlier, reported data implied

By Gritsforbreakfast

Earlier today I published data from a TDCJ-CJAD (adult probation) report (pdf) in December, citing the results from several counties that received state grants aimed at reducing probation revocations. I mentioned how surprised I was to find one county - Collin, where Plano is the county seat - had not only more probation revocations after getting its grant, but 48.8% more! Compared to 16% declines in revocations in Dallas and Houston, that seemed hard to believe.Not wanting to throw the department under the bus for a statistic that, the more I thought about it, seemed odd and unlikely, I called Collin County probation director Bob Hughes to find out the reasons straight from the horse's mouth. I left our conversation satisfied that the massive increase in revocations reported (a 48...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).