Community corrections reports 78.7% success rate for fiscal 2025; commissioners sign outcome report

Mac Young, Crawford County Community Corrections administrative director, presented the program's fiscal year 2025 outcomes at the Sept. 9 commission meeting and reported a 78.7% overall success rate for participants discharged during the year.

"The success rate for 2025 was 78.7 percent," Young told the commission, noting that staff consider a 75% success rate a program benchmark across the state. He said there were 211 discharges in 2025 and that 64 of those were downward dispositional casespeople who would otherwise have been presumed to receive prison sentences but were placed on supervision; that subgroup posted a 76.6% success rate.

Young broke the discharges down by sex and outcomes: 152 male discharges and 59 female discharges, with the female group recording an 83% success rate. He also described revocation patterns: of 33 condition violators identified, 22 had at least one prior revocation on record and 12 revocations were for a new felony (and some for misdemeanors), indicating repeat supervision complexity.

Young reported fidelity improvements tied to training and to a Community Solutions grant that supports risk-assessment and case-planning fidelity. He said two validated tools are in use: the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) primarily for male clients and the women's risk-needs assessment (WRNA) for female clients. Young said 230 risk assessments were due in the year and 186 were completed on time; the year-end success rate for those timely-assessed cases was 80.6%.

Young also noted turnover and staffing pressures. The 11th Judicial District currently carries about 542 total cases in its caseload pool and roughly 336 active cases; additional funding in future years would allow hiring but space limitations at county facilities pose an implementation constraint.

Commissioners praised the results. The commission moved to approve and signed the Lubbock District Community Corrections Outcomes Report for 2025; a motion to approve was made and seconded and the vote was recorded as "Aye." Young told commissioners the recovery/drug court program anticipates a graduation in December; Young did not state the number of graduates at the meeting.