Texas Board of Criminal Justice

E685553

The Texas Board of Criminal Justice is a state oversight body that sets policy and provides governance for Texas’s adult criminal justice system, including prisons, parole, and related correctional programs.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Texas Board of Criminal Justice canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oversight board
state government agency
appliesToJurisdiction State of Texas NERFINISHED
appointedBy Governor of Texas
country United States of America
fieldOfWork correctional administration
criminal justice policy
parole administration
governs policies for certain rehabilitation and reentry programs in Texas
policies for incarceration in Texas state prisons
policies for parole supervision in Texas
hasAuthorityOver Texas Department of Criminal Justice operations oversight
Texas Department of Criminal Justice policies
hasRole governance of Texas prison system
oversight of adult criminal justice system in Texas
oversight of community supervision and corrections programs
oversight of parole system in Texas
policy‑making for Texas adult corrections
hasScope adult offenders
community corrections
state parole
state prisons
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm public body
locatedIn Texas
United States of America
surface form: United States
mission to provide public safety, promote positive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society, and assist victims of crime through oversight of TDCJ
oversees Texas Department of Criminal Justice NERFINISHED
Texas community supervision programs
Texas parole system
Texas state prison system NERFINISHED
partOf Government of Texas NERFINISHED
regulates Texas Department of Criminal Justice administrative rules
reportsTo Governor of Texas NERFINISHED
Texas Legislature NERFINISHED
responsibleFor adopting rules governing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
budgetary oversight of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
ensuring compliance with state laws related to adult corrections
establishing policies for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
reviewing and approving major correctional programs
strategic direction of adult corrections in Texas
sector corrections
criminal justice
public safety
supervises executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
typeOfJurisdiction state‑level

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice governingBody Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Huntsville Unit supervisedBy Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Texas state execution chamber governingBody Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Coffield Unit supervisingAgency Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Beto Unit supervisingAuthority Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Gib Lewis Unit supervisingAgency Texas Board of Criminal Justice