As the news has had stories about legislators and others debating whether or not the State Jail system unique to Texas should be shut down, several people have asked about what State Jail is and how parole works if you are sentenced to State Jail, so I thought we'd take a few lines to give a brief explanation. A number of years ago lawmakers were reclassifying crimes and decided to take some felonies and move them down in class, creating a new system called "State Jail Felonies". These carry mandatoryRead More