Research links

Some interesting links to information on Texas prisons:

http://www.thc.state.tx.us/contactus/cotdefault.html (Texas Historical Commission)
http://www.prisontalk.com
http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/probation.htm
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm (US Dept of Justice--Prison statistics)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pandp.htm (US Dept of Justice--Probation and Parole statistics)
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/bpp/ (Texas Board of Parole and Pardons)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cap95.pdf (US Department of Justice--Bureau of Justice Statistics)
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/jjt1.html (The Handbook of Texas Online)
http://www.shsu.edu/cjcenter/CMIT/basile.htm (Sam Houston State University, Criminal Justice Center)