| Acronym |
Definition |
| ACA |
American Correctional Association |
| ACE |
Advisory Council on Ethics |
| AD |
Assistant Director or Administrative Directive |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADPICS |
Advanced Purchasing and Inventory Control System |
| AFR |
Annual Financial Report |
| AG |
Attorney General |
| AMS |
Authorization Management System |
| APPA |
American Probation and Parole Association |
| ASCA |
Association of State Correctional Administrators |
| BIPP |
Batterers Intervention & Prevention Program |
| BOP |
Biennial Operating Plan |
| BP |
Board Policy |
| BPP |
Board of Pardons and Paroles |
| BR |
Board Rule |
| CA |
County Attorney |
| CAFR |
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |
| CAPS |
Clemency and Parole System |
| CC |
Close Custody |
| CCA |
Corrections Corporation of America |
| CCC |
Community Corrections Centers |
| CCF |
Community Corrections Facility |
| CCIS |
Common Control Interface Signaling Network |
| CCP |
Community Corrections Program |
| CHANGES |
Changing Habits and Achieving New Goals to Empower Success (WSD) |
| CID |
Correctional Institutions Division (Prisons) |
| CISV |
Catalog Information Systems Vendor |
| CJAD |
Community Justice Assistance Division |
| CJC |
Criminal Justice Center, located in Huntsville at Sam Houston State University |
| CJIMS |
Community Justice Integrated Information Management System |
| CJINS |
Community Justice Intranet System |
| CJP |
Community Justice Plan |
| CJPC |
Criminal Justice Policy Council |
| CMBL |
Centralized Master Bidders List |
| CMHC |
Correctional Managed Health Care |
| COPE |
Community Opportunity Programs in Education (Parole Division) |
| CRISP |
Crisis Response Intervention Support Program |
| CRMF |
Central Region Medical Facility |
| CRO |
Classification and Records Office |
| CRTC |
Court Residential Treatment Center |
| CSCD |
Community Supervision Corrections Department |
| CSO |
Community Supervision Officer |
| CSR |
Community Service Restitution |
| CSTS |
Community Supervision Tracking System |
| DA |
District Attorney |
| DHO |
Disciplinary Hearing Officer |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| DM |
Decision Memorandum |
| DP |
Diversion Programs |
| DPOM |
Departmental Policy and Operations Manual |
| DP |
Data Processing |
| DPS |
Department of Public Safety |
| DRB |
Departmental Review Board |
| DRC |
Day Reporting Center (CJAD) |
| DRC |
Day Resource Center (PD) |
| EAC |
Emergency Action Center |
| ED |
Executive Directive |
| ELM |
Electronic Locking & Monitoring |
| EM |
Electronic Monitoring |
| E&R |
Education and Recreation Programs |
| ERS |
Employees Retirement System |
| FAS |
Financial Analysis and Support |
| FIS |
Financial Information Systems |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| FS |
Financial Services Division |
| GAA |
General Appropriations Act |
| GLO |
General Land Office |
| GOBPP |
Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy |
| GP |
General Population |
| GR |
General Revenue |
| GRAD |
Gang Renunciation and Dissociation |
| HUB |
Historically Underutilized Businesses |
| IA |
Internal Audit (now Office of the Independent Auditor) |
| IAC/ICC |
Interagency/Interlocal Contract |
| ICC |
Interstate Corrections Compact |
| ICCA |
International Community Corrections Association |
| IFB |
Invitation for Bids |
| INS |
Immigration and Naturalization Services |
| IOC |
Inter-Office Communications |
| IPTC |
In-Prison Therapeutic Community |
| ISF |
Intermediate Sanction Facility |
| ISP |
Intensive Supervision Parole |
| ITF |
Inmate Trust Fund |
| ITP |
Individual Treatment Plan |
| ITV |
Interagency Transaction Voucher |
| JCCJD |
Joint Committee on Community Justice Development |
| JAC |
Judicial Advisory Council |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LAR |
Legislative Appropriation Request |
| LBB |
Legislative Budget Board |
| Line 1, 2, 3 |
Line Class (Time earning status) |
| MAJ |
Motion to adjudicate |
| MCSCR |
Monthly Community Supervision and Corrections Report |
| MHMR |
Mental Health and Mental Retardation |
| MI |
Minimum In |
| MIS |
Management Information Systems |
| MO |
Minimum Out |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MR |
Motion to Revoke |
| MROP |
Mentally Retarded Offender Program |
| MSCP |
Mail System Coordinators Panel |
| MTR |
Motion to Revoke |
| MTRP |
Motion to Revoke - Probation |
| MTRB |
Motion to Revoke - Bond |
| NIC |
National Institute of Corrections |
| NCIC |
National Crime Information Center |
| OIA |
Office of the Independent Auditor |
| OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
| OIO |
Office of the Independent Ombudsman |
| OVC |
Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice |
| PAC |
Probation Advisory Committee |
| PAPPA |
Parents Anonymous Prison Population Advocacy |
| PD |
Parole Division |
| PHD |
Pre-hearing Detention |
| PIA |
Parole in Absentia |
| PIA |
Public Information Act |
| PIE |
Prison Industry Enhancement Program |
| PIO |
Public Information Office |
| PLRA |
Prison Litigation Reform Act |
| PMA |
Prison Management Act |
| PO |
Post Order or Parole Officer |
| POTA |
Parole Officer Training Academy |
| PPT |
Pre-Parole Transfer |
| PREA |
Prison Rape Elimination Act |
| PRSAP |
Pre-Release Substance Abuse Program |
| PRTC |
Pre-Release Therapeutic Community |
| PSI |
Presentence Investigation |
| PSR |
Presentence Report |
| PTR |
Pretrial Services (includes pretrial release and pretrial intervention programs) |
| PTS |
Pretrial Sentencing (includes pretrial release and pretrial sentencing) |
| QISV |
Qualified Information Systems Vendor |
| RC |
Restitution Center |
| RDCC |
Reception and Diagnostic Classification Committee |
| RFO |
Request for Offer |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| RIO |
Re-integrating of Offenders |
| RPS |
Revenue Processing System (Austin Financial Operations) |
| RV |
report of violation |
| SAFPF |
Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility |
| SAIP |
Special Alternative Incarceration Program (Boot Camp) |
| SAO |
State Auditor's Office |
| SAT 1, 2, 3, 4 |
State Approved Trustee |
| SATF |
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility |
| SACP |
Substance Abuse Counseling Program |
| SCC |
State Classification Committee |
| SCFO |
State Counsel for Offenders |
| SECC |
State Employees Charitable Campaign |
| SHSU |
Sam Houston State University |
| SID |
State Identification number |
| SM |
Security Memorandum |
| SORAS |
Sex Offender Risk Assessment Scale |
| SOTP |
Sex Offender Treatment Program |
| SSI |
Support Service Inmate |
| SVORI |
Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative |
| TAC |
Texas Administrative Code |
| TAIP |
Treatment Alternative to Incarceration Program (CJAD) |
| TAP |
Treatment Alternative Program (Parole Division) |
| TAPC |
Texas Adult Probation Commission |
| TBCJ |
Texas Board of Criminal Justice |
| TBPC |
Texas Building and Procurement Commission |
| TBRB |
Texas Bond Review Board |
| TCI |
Texas Correctional Industries |
| TCIC |
Texas Crime Information Center |
| TCOLE |
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement |
| TCOOMMI |
Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments |
| TDCJ |
Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| TJJD |
Texas Juvenile Justice Department |
| TLETS |
Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System |
| TPA |
Texas Probation Association |
| TPFA |
Texas Public Finance Authority |
| TPWD |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| TRT |
Technology Review Team |
| TTC |
Transitional Treatment Centers |
| TWC |
Texas Workforce Commission |
| TxCVC |
Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse |
| UA |
Urinalysis |
| UCC |
Unit Classification Committee |
| USAS |
Uniform Statewide Accounting System |
| UOF |
Use of Force |
| UTMB |
University of Texas Medical Branch |
| VAC |
Victim Assistance Coordinator |
| VAWA |
Violence Against Women Act |
| VIPP |
Victim Impact Panel program |
| VIS |
Victim Impact Statement |
| VNS |
Victim Notification System |
| VOM/D |
Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue |
| VR |
Violation Reports |
| VIS |
Victim Impact Statement |
| VOCA |
Victims of Crime Act |
| VSCE |
Victim Support and Community Education |
| VSD |
Victim Services Division |
| WSD |
Windham School District |
| YOP |
Youthful Offender Program |
