Texas History
Located in the Panhandle of Texas, this is the second largest canyon in the United States.
What is Palo Duro Canyon?
Responsible for processing cases for offenders who have been sentenced to a term of incarceration in the TDCJ CID and are eligible for parole or discretionary mandatory supervision review.
What is Institutional Parole Operations?
This American poet is known for his dark, mysterious works to include The Raven.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Determines whether an offender is eligible for Discretionary Mandatory Supervision.
What is HB 1433?
The lyrics to this timeless Christmas song describe a wintery ride in a one-horse open sleigh, but never once mentions the word “Christmas.”
What is “Jingle Bells”?
This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Texas became an independent country during this year.
What is 1836?
Coordinates the movement and maintenance of offender files and performs the administrative activities necessary to release offenders to parole or mandatory supervision.
What is the Review and Release Processing Section (R&RP)?
This fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle solves mysteries with his friend Dr. Watson.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Must serve 50% of the total sentence (minimum of 2 years) before becoming eligible for Parole consideration.
What is 3G?
In Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
What is the X-Ray?
This Native American tribe lived in the Great Plains region and were known as excellent horse riders.
Who is the Comanche?
Responsible for conducting the revocation hearing and processing of offender cases when violations of supervision rules and conditions are alleged.
What is Hearing Operations?
This book series by Suzanne Collins is set in a dystopian world separated by districts.
What is The Hunger Games?
Determined by the most recent date of receipt of the offender’s present incarceration.
What is HB 2888?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
What is the telephone?
This river borders the states of Louisiana and Texas.
What is the Sabine River?
Responsible for assisting victims and survivors through the parole review process, as well as providing training for the District Attorney and other criminal justice professionals.
What is the Victim Liaison Program?
This fictional D.C. detective created by James Patterson is also a forensic psychologist previously portrayed by Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry.
Who is Alex Cross?
Penal Code 19.03 – Not a Life Sentence.
What is SB 45?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is “Last Christmas”?
This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
What is the iPhone?
This man became the first President of the Republic of Texas (and also happens to be the name of the university ARS Hartwell graduated!)
Who is Sam Houston?
Manages the day-to-day operations that support agency functions and responsibilities. Other duties include requests for special review after a denial of parole release, tracking of waivers and transmittals, and responses to correspondence dealing with many related issues.
What is Support Operations?
This character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit finds a magical ring.
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
Offenders must be given no more than a one year set off UNLESS convicted under penal code 22.04 – 2nd/3rd degree.
What is HB431?
This catchy 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
Who was Charles Babbage?