The effect of Texas' implementation of a "justice reinvestment strategy to increase public safety and reduce spending on corrections" is explained (p. 1). Sections of this bulletin include: highlights of findings; Texas's growing prison population in 2007; description of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative enacted in 2007; implementation of the Initiative; implementation status; prison population trends 2007-2009; 2009 prison population projections; actual population at calendar year end compared to projected population of January 2007 before the Initiative; and challenges faced by the Texas Legislature to maintain an effective correctional system.

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Read Representative Jerry Madden's statement to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives.