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Offender Reentry - A Call for Intergovernmental Cooperation: Bridging Public Policy Differences in Support of Public Safety Considerations
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Testimony in support of the Second Chance Act of 2005 is given. Topics covered include: offender reentry offers new concepts that promote collaboration and a clear frame of reference for future criminal justice/public policy development and operations; Presidential attention to offender reentry and a second chance; the significant and long neglected importance of county government in offender reentry -- several million offenders must not be neglected; intergovernmental collaboration and the mosaic of correctional populations; offender reentry programs at the local level -- Montgomery County, Maryland; the Montgomery County Offender Reentry Program -- how it works in brief; reentry in a full service county jail -- Montgomery County Correctional Facility; and Hennepin County, Minnesota -- a quality program example.