TDCJ-CJAD Data Manual - Texas Department of Criminal Justice

State Jail Felons Supplemental ReportFrequently Asked QuestionsIf an offender is already on probation (misdemeanor or felony) and later gets probation for astate jail felony, should he/she be counted as a new placement on the SJFSR?No. Only count state jail felons who are new to probation. In other words, Item II.A.1 of theSJFSR is a subset of Item II.A.1 of the MCSCR (page one).Should offenders that are on probation for a non-State Jail offense who are subsequentlyconvicted and sentenced directly to State Jail (no probation for the State Jail offense) becounted on the State Jail Felony Supplemental Report?Yes, count such offenders on the SJFSR as Incarcerated in State Jail (Item I.C.). Do not count inthe subcategories of Incarcerated in State Jail (as an initial condition or modification ofcommunity supervision). When the offender completes the State Jail direct sentence, ceasecounting the offender on the SFJSR.A courtesy supervision state jail offender receiving direct supervision (and counted as a directsupervision case on the state jail form) is being returned to the original county. How does thecounty, who is performing courtesy supervision, report the return of the offender under themonthly activity section of the state jail form?A return of courtesy supervision on the state jail form is not recorded under Item II.B. as asupervision termination. The offender should be subtracted from the State Jail Felons ReceivingDIRECT Supervision number (Item I.A.).If the docket says a probationer is sentenced to serve up-front county jail time as an initialcondition of community supervision and the judge credited the time served in county jail whileawaiting trial, is the probationer counted under Incarcerated in County Jail’ (Item I.C.) on theSJFSR?No, because the probationer is not currently in county jail. Count the person under either StateJail Felons Receiving DIRECT Supervision (Item I.A.) or State Jail Felons on INDIRECT Status(Item I.B.).Should a state jail felon who was on community supervision and then had to serve county jailtime (not as a revocation, but as a modification of his community supervision sentence) becounted under Community Supervision Placements Direct from the Courts (Item II.A.1.) orunder Number that Received Post-sentencing (disposition) Up-front County Jail Time as anInitial Condition of Community Supervision (Item II.A.1.b.) in the SJFSR?The individual should not be counted in either category. The individual should only be countedas a State Jail Felon Receiving DIRECT Supervision’ (Item I.A.) or as a State Jail Felon onINDIRECT Status (Item I.B.) on the SJFSR.The Number that Received Post-sentencing (disposition) Up-Front County Jail Time as an InitialCondition of Community Supervision (Item II.A.1.b.) counts individuals who are serving upfrontcounty jail time as an INITIAL condition of community supervision, not those who areserving county jail time as a modification of an existing community supervision sentence.- 47 ­