Behind prison walls, a second correctional system quietly manages thousands of parole reviews across Texas every year. When most people think about incarceration, they think about prison populations. How many people are incarcerated. How many people enter prison. How many people leave. But hidden behind those statistics is another system—
New judicial intelligence analysis suggests that geography may shape correctional-system experience as much as statewide averages. For decades, discussions about incarceration in Texas have focused on statewide statistics. How many people are incarcerated. How long sentences last. How parole systems operate. How demographic groups are represented. Those figures are
For decades, public conversations about incarceration have focused primarily on one number: How many people are incarcerated? But incarceration counts alone tell only part of the story. A new analysis of more than 141,000 Texas Department of Criminal Justice records suggests that another factor may be equally important: How
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Two Unexpected Counties Rise to the Top When Black nursing workforce capacity is measured relative to the size of the Black population, two counties emerge at the top of the rankings: 1. Kaufman County 2. Johnson County The result is surprising because neither county is typically viewed as one of
Kaufman and Johnson Counties Lead Texas in Black Nursing Workforce Capacity When measured by total nurses, Texas' largest counties naturally dominate the conversation. Harris County, Dallas County, and Tarrant County all have large Black nursing workforces. But a new analysis using Black nurses per 10,000 Black residents tells
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