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Largest Texas counties now receive more inmates from TDCJ than they send

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's new annual statistical report (pdf) is out and Melody McDonald at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has an overview with some of the highlights.Here are a few items I noticed that she didn't mention:Importantly, the largest counties appear to have reached a tipping point (as a result of shipping so many people off to prison over the years) and now receive more inmates back into their communities than they send to TDCJ: Harris County sent 14,943 people to TDCJ in 2009, and saw 15,287 come back. Dallas sent 7,383 people to prison and saw 7,432 return.Overall, though, the trend is headed in the opposite direction after a 2008 dip in inmate numbers; TDCJ received 520 more prisoners in FY 2009 than it released...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 02, 2010 (boomark / email).