TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
Discretionary release of offenders from prison by a Board of Pardons and Paroles decision.
The Correctional Institutions Division (CID) Records Office calculates parole eligibility dates for all offenders, with the exception of those on death row.
The percentage of a sentence that must be served for eligibility varies according to the nature of the offense.
The parole panel’s decision-making is discretionary.
Updated 01-20-2012
