Art. 66.151 CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM DATABASE

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has to keep track of information about people in the criminal justice system using a database called the corrections tracking system. The department is responsible for setting up this system, keeping it running, and recording the data in it.

The law also says this database must include certain types of information. That information is spelled out in other parts of this same chapter of the law. So this rule mainly creates the database and says the department must follow the specific requirements listed elsewhere for what goes into it.

For people involved with the criminal justice system, this rule means the state is required to track certain data about cases and offenders in an organized way. It sets up the basic duty to collect and store this information, even though it doesn't list every detail here.