James Randall Smith Attorney at Law
1201 South Shepherd Houston, TX 77019
Tel: 713/630-0500 e-mail: james@texasparole.com
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FY 2011 Parole Approval Rates by Guidelines Level
Guideline Score Votes Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 FY Total
To Date
FY Total
Estimated
1 Considered 87 93 107 79 102 64 88 85 94 93 77 89 1058 1058
Approved 3 8 5 6 5 6 4 8 14 7 4 5 75 75
Approval Rate 3.45% 8.60% 4.67% 7.59% 4.90% 9.38% 4.55% 9.41% 14.89% 7.53% 5.19% 5.62% 7.09% 7.09%
2 Considered 1085 970 1018 952 1038 893 1260 1164 1258 1309 1010 1230 13187 13187
Approved 198 167 170 193 214 189 264 287 260 274 229 281 2726 2726
Approval Rate 18.25% 17.22% 16.70% 20.27% 20.62% 21.16% 20.95% 24.66% 20.67% 20.93% 22.67% 22.85% 20.67% 20.67%
3 Considered 792 849 802 760 831 668 977 907 976 1022 716 921 10221 10221
Approved 174 216 217 241 201 186 285 261 276 301 176 284 2818 2818
Approval Rate 21.97% 25.44% 27.06% 31.71% 24.19% 27.84% 29.17% 28.78% 28.28% 29.45% 24.58% 30.84% 27.57% 27.57%
4 Considered 2400 2415 2180 2205 2293 1828 2743 2410 2612 2931 2189 2657 28863 28863
Approved 629 581 519 613 610 503 799 712 703 790 543 738 7740 7740
Approval Rate 26.21% 24.06% 23.81% 27.80% 26.60% 27.52% 29.13% 29.54% 26.91% 26.95% 24.81% 27.78% 26.82% 26.82%
5 Considered 959 1001 937 884 873 710 1044 1016 1078 1111 859 1111 11583 11583
Approved 332 317 284 323 337 284 365 399 402 402 349 439 4233 4233
Approval Rate 34.62% 31.67% 30.31% 36.54% 38.60% 40.00% 34.96% 39.27% 37.29% 36.18% 40.63% 39.51% 36.54% 36.54%
6 Considered 802 796 697 730 796 594 933 841 897 947 719 883 9635 9635
Approved 360 334 308 358 405 311 458 429 426 451 350 432 4622 4622
Approval Rate 44.89% 41.96% 44.19% 49.04% 50.88% 52.36% 49.09% 51.01% 47.49% 47.62% 48.68% 48.92% 47.97% 47.97%
7 Considered 255 234 204 201 223 176 287 245 261 263 238 262 2849 2849
Approved 157 131 133 143 155 130 195 158 178 161 160 171 1872 1872
Approval Rate 61.57% 55.98% 65.20% 71.14% 69.51% 73.86% 67.94% 64.49% 68.20% 61.22% 67.23% 65.27% 65.71% 65.71%
Total with Guidelines Considered 6380 6358 5945 5811 6156 4933 7332 6668 7176 7676 5808 7153 77396 77396
Approved 1853 1754 1636 1877 1927 1609 2370 2254 2259 2386 1811 2350 24086 24086
Approval Rate 29.04% 27.59% 27.52% 32.30% 31.30% 32.62% 32.32% 33.80% 31.48% 31.08% 31.18% 32.85% 31.12% 31.12%
Total without Guidelines* Considered 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 9 9
Approved 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 6
Approval Rate 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 66.67% 66.67%