Correctional Services - Inmates - Intake and Release Requirements (Reentry Success Act of 2021)
What this bill does
Requiring the Division of Correction to provide screening for and access to private mediation between a certain inmate and an individual identified by the inmate as essential for the successful reentry of the inmate into society; requiring the Division of Correction at certain times to work with an inmate to ensure that an inmate has access to certain medication, social service programs, and public transportation at the time of the inmate's release; and requiring the Commissioner of Correction to adopt certain regulations.
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Testimony (20)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Jones, Akida | Community Mediation Maryland | Oral |
| FAV | Overholser, Leslie | Community Mediation Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Johnson, Qiana | Life After Release | Oral |
| FAV | Kraska, MJ | Maryland Catholic Conference | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Frazee, Brianlobbyist | Maryland Hospital Association | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Britt, Adiena | N/A | Position only |
| FAV | Philip, Diana | NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Thibeault, Abigail | Office of the Public Defender | Oral |
| FAV | Hanson - Mundell, Nicole | Out for Justice | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Feldmark, Delegate Feldmarklegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Haven, Kimberly | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Mannen, Ricky | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Lennig, Dorothylobbyist | House of Ruth MD | Position only |
| UNF | Shapiro, Melanielobbyist | Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ruth, Laure | Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc. | Position only |
| UNF | Jordan, Lisaelobbyist | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | Gibson, Rich | Howard County State's Attorney's Office | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Baranauskas, Anthony | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Kahl, Catherine | Individual | Written (PDF) |