In order to provide an incentive for state jail felons to participate in rehabilitation in accordance with HB 2649 from the 82nd Legislature, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will provide a progress report to the sentencing judge, which will include information such as name, date of birth, offense, sentence begin date, current discharge date, and diligent participation days. The sentencing judge may credit up to 20% of the offender's sentence for days served as long as the offender was diligently participating in a program and not subject to disciplinary action.
TDCJ's website has the following page with discussion and a link to further instructions, http://tdcj.state.tx.us/divisions/cid/cid_support_ops_class_HB2649.html, and this page can also be reached by clicking on the Online Services Tab on the TDCJ home page http://tdcj.state.tx.us/ then choosing State Jail Diligent Participation towards the bottom of that page.
Updated: 03-Jan-2012
