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TDCJ victim services details notification system, victim-offender mediation and new employee wellness resources
Summary
Victim Services presented annual data on registrations, hotline activity and clearinghouse work, described expanded options for notification timing, and outlined a new wellness Legislative Appropriation Request that would add regional clinicians, training sergeants and post-critical incident resources for staff.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Victim Services Division presented an overview of program activity, outreach and a planned expansion of employee wellness supports at a board committee meeting.
Division Director Angie McCown reviewed fiscal year 2024 statistics, noting a heavy volume of hotline and notification work: the division’s hotline answered 17,851 calls and the correspondence team sent roughly 141,000 notifications last year. McCown said the division also receives and processes victim impact statements and operates the Texas Crime Victims Clearinghouse, which is charged by statute with certain victim services functions.
McCown described a recent change to the notification system that gives…
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