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These are staggering statistics, and bear in mind this is just for a partial period and prior to 2005. The crime rate for the State of Texas is 23.81% higher than the national average. There are 738,000 adults under correctional supervision (prisons, jails, probation, and parole) in Texas and the correctional supervision rate (number of offenders supervised per 100,000) is 34.1% higher than the national average. (Source:  nicic.org)

· In February 2003, it was reported that the state's prisoner population had reached 147,610 prisoners, inching closer to filling the 151,470 bed capacity. · In 2001, 1 in 10 people in prison or jail in the United States was incarcerated in Texas. · There are more people under criminal justice control in Texas (740,905) than live in the City of Austin (656,562). · While men comprise more than 9 out of 10 people incarcerated in Texas, women's imprisonment has increased in Texas at twice the rate of men throughout the 1990s. · While about 4 out of every 10 Texans are either African American or Latino, about 7 out of every 10 Texas prisoners are African American or Latino. · In 2002, including property and drug offenders in state jails, there were approximately 72,600 people incarcerated in institutions run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for nonviolent offenses. (Source for this and the above stats: The Justice Policy Institute and Associated Press) · For the second year in a row, the Texas prison system ranks second in the nation in total prison population - lagging slightly behind the entire federal prison system - according to an annual report on prison and jail populations released May 27, 2004 by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. With 164,222 inmates, the Lone Star State lags behind the federal system by a mere 6,000 inmates. · The report also notes that the number of privately owned prison facilities increased; such facilities now house a total of 94,361 inmates. Nearly 17,000 of those are in Texas, again second only to the federal government, which houses just over 21,000 inmates in private prisons. (Source for this and the above stat: Austin Chronicle June 4, 2004) · According to the latest statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the US prison and jail population hit a new high of 2,193,798 men and women at the end of 2005, representing a 2.7 percent increase over the previous year. A record number of more than 200,000 women are now doing time behind bars--an estimated 80 percent of whom are mothers. Analysis by the Women's Prison Association has shown that female incarceration has jumped 757 percent since 1977. · One in thirty-two US adults are now under some form of correctional supervision. Although Americans only constitute 5 percent of the world's population, one-quarter of the entire world's inmates are contained in our jails and prisons, something that baffles other democratic societies that have typically used prisons as a measure of last resort, especially for nonviolent offenders. (Source for this and the above stat: Incarceration Nation by Silja J.A. Tavli; posted January 5, 2007 web only)

Texas remains the most active death penalty state with 405 as of September 25, 2007.
(source: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/executedoffenders.asp )

With such a large number of people behind bars, before long it will be hard to find someone who is not affected by another's incarceration. In Texas, prisons are viewed more as a business than an actual means of rehabilitation. In an effort to keep costs low, many are denied adequate medical care, suffering agony from both mental and physical ailments that go untreated. Food, for the most part, is non-nutritional and in such small portions that inmates must rely on the commissary to supplement their food supply. These products are priced two or three times the normal cost in the "free world," and monies must come from friends and family, further putting a strain on the financial structure of the family. There are no tax breaks for supporting a loved one who is incarcerated other than the usual declaring of a spouse on your federal return.

There are many different levels of law governing incarceration in Texas. A person is supposed to be governed by the laws of the period in which they were convicted. This does not always happen. Instead, current laws are applied even though this is a violation of their constitutional rights. It was for this reason this website was created, to show how that is being done to Bobby Wayne Rogers. From that it was decided this site should also be a venue for other's stories through media reports or personal telling. It also offers links to sites that may be of help to others. Any information you might wish to contribute or suggestions you may have are appreciated.