Practicing Texas Politics, Eleventh Edition
Lyle C. Brown, Baylor University Sonia R. Garcia, St. Mary's University Robert S. Trotter, Jr., El Centro College Joyce A. Langenegger, San Jacinto College
Political Updates Chapter Nine: Laws, Courts, and Justice
Correction and Rehabilitation, pg. 384
By mid-2000 the number of individuals imprisoned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice began to decline. In early 2001, the prison population was approximately 148,000.
