Department Description

The Eighth Judicial District Adult Probation Department currently covers four northeast Texas counties: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins and Rains. The county seats for the four counties are Cooper (Delta County), Mt. Vernon (Franklin County), Sulphur Springs (Hopkins County), and Emory (Rains County). The Eighth Judicial District Adult Probation Department is under the command of the Eighth Judicial District Judge.

Department Objectives

The Eighth District Community Supervision and Corrections Department has as its mission to provide the district with adequate and meaningful adult probation services. The department makes a diligent effort to protect the public by carefully monitoring and enforcing the conditions of probation as ordered by the Court. The department strives to provide each probationer with every opportunity to successfully reintegrate into his/her community as a law-abiding, peaceful and productive member of the community.

About Adult Probation (Community Supervision and Corrections Department)

The Eighth Judicial District Adult Probation Department (CSCD) supervises adults who have been placed on probation for committing felony and misdemeanors offenses. As of March 31, 2001, this department supervises approximately 717 adults who were placed on community supervision by the Eighth District Courts. An additional 1015 adults, who received community supervision from the Eighth Judicial District reside outside of this judicial district and are supervised by other agencies.

Community Supervision is an alternative to incarceration. It is designed to give the defendant an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes while being allowed to remain in the community under certain court-ordered and probation officer supervised, terms and conditions.

The Eighth Judicial District is under the command of the presiding District Judge Robert E. Newsom. The Adult Probation Department is under the direction of Chief Officer john D. Perry and the Deputy Chief Officer is David A. Perry.