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Local Correctional Facilities - Requirement for Prerelease Program

Sponsor: Delegate HaynesCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the governing body of each county that receives State funding for public safety purposes to establish a certain prerelease program for individuals confined in certain local correctional facilities; requiring a prerelease program to provide that a certain inmate may participate in job training, drug treatment and mental health treatment activities; authorizing a certain judge to approve the transfer of a certain inmate to a prerelease center to participate in a prerelease program under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 2FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWallerstedt, AnnelobbyistMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Haynes, Delegate HayneslegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFjefferson, staceylobbyistMAPWritten (PDF)
UNFBrown, DonnaOut for justicePosition only
UNFHaven, KimberlyReproductive Justice InsideOral
UNFYork, Carynjob opportunities Task forceOral + Written (PDF)
UNFhanson, nicoleout for justiceOral
FWACaroom, PhilMAJRPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWallerstedt, AnneMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Food Bank
UNFjefferson, staceyMAPRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore