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Parole Preparation

If you would like help in understanding how to put together a parole plan / packet, PLEASE JOIN TIFA so that . . .

(1) you can access the Members Only portion of this website. There you will find documents like "Basic outline to create a parole plan", "Parole risk factors" and "Interstate Compact" (how to apply to have an inmate serve parole in a different state from the one where he or she served their sentence) plus links to relevant websites.

(2) you can search our newsletter archives for information about parole. 'Search' on the TIFA website is only available to TIFA members.

(3) you can attend chapter meetings where you will meet people who have had experience working on parole plans and within the parole system. Ask the chapter chair whether they have had a program about parole plans . . . express an interest in seeing a parole plan that someone else has put together. Most of our chapter chairs have at least one meeting each year where parole board members and / or parole attorneys are invited to speak

(4) you can hire an attorney if you have enough money. There are also people who are not attorneys, but have knowledge of parole and parole plans who will help you for considerably less money.

TIFA has a long association with one such person, Jorge Antonio Renaud.

Jorge Antonio Renaud - Parole Preparation and other Texas prison issues

Photo of Jorge Antonio Renaud, author, ex-con, parole consultant

Jorge provides individual and group consultations on Texas prison issues, in English and Spanish.

NOTE: Jorge just posted this on FaceBook: "because I'm a poor graduate student and haven't paid my hosting fee (and won't until the fall) my website is down. If u want to talk to me, email at jarenaud1113@gmail.com or call at 512 825-6586"

Mr. Jorge Antonio Renaud, published poet; journalist; author of Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates (University of North Texas Press, 2002); consultant; graduate student at the University of Texas School of Social Work; ex-convict

Behind the Walls is available from Amazon and University of North Texas Press.