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Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individuals - Intake and Release (Reentry Success Act)

Sponsor: Jessica Feldmark (District 12A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Division of Correction to provide screening for and access to certain mediation for an incarcerated individual; requiring the Division to work with an incarcerated individual to ensure access to medication, social service programs, and public transportation at the time of the incarcerated individual's release; and requiring a State transit system or transit system partially funded by the State to provide the Division with transit passes for use by released incarcerated individuals at no cost to the Division.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJones, AkidaCommunity Mediation MarylandOral
FAVOverholser, LeslieCommunity Mediation MarylandOral
FAVTrickett, DeliaCommunity Mediation MarylandOral
FAVGibson, RichHoward County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistJOTFOral
FAVKraska, MJMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVKhalfani, NatashaOffice of the Public Defender MarylandOral
FAVDelegate Feldmark, Delegate FeldmarklegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHaven, KimberlyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance
INFOJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault