TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
The voting panels of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles do not vote just “yes” or “no” on parole cases. The panels have a number of voting options for parole approval. The board may withdraw an approval vote at any time if new information is received.
FI-1 (Further Investigation 1): Release offender on parole supervision as soon as eligible.
FI-2: Release on parole on a specified future date.
FI-3R: Transfer to a TDCJ rehabilitation program, such as Changes/Lifeskills, no earlier than a specified date for at least three months with release on parole after completion.
FI-4: Transfer to a Pre-Parole Transfer (PPT) facility, and release on parole on a specified date.
FI-4R: Transfer to a Sex Offender Education Program (SOEP) no earlier than a specified date for at least four months with release on parole after completion.
FI-5: Transfer to an In-Prison Therapeutic Community Program (IPTC), with release to an aftercare component.
FI-6: Transfer to DWI rehabilitation program with release to continuum of care program.
FI-6R: Transfer to a rehabilitation program, such as the Pre-Release Therapeutic Community (PRTC) or Pre-Release Substance Abuse Program (PRSAP), no earlier than specified date for at least six months with release on parole after completion.
FI-7R: Transfer to Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) no earlier than specified date for at least seven months with release on parole after completion.
FI-9R: Transfer to the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP-9) no earlier than specified date for at least nine months, with release on parole after completion.
FI-18R: Transfer to the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP-18) no earlier than specified date for at least 18 months, with release on parole after completion.
CU-FI: Designates the date an offender serving consecutive sentences would have been eligible for parole if single sentence.
RMS: Release to mandatory supervision.
Denial Votes
NR (Next Review): Deny parole and set time for next parole consideration. State law requires annual reviews except for certain violent or sexual cases.
SA (Serve All): Deny parole with no regular subsequent review, requiring offender to serve balance of sentence if discharge date occurs in less than three years.
CU-NR: Deny favorable action and set next review in consecutive sentence case.
CU-SA: Require offender to serve all of current sentence in consecutive sentence case.
DMS: Denies Mandatory Supervision (and sets next review date) because offender’s accrued good conduct time does not accurately reflect potential for rehabilitation and offender’s release would endanger the public.
Updated 01/16/2013
