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Committee hears reentry gaps: detainees sometimes leave arrest without IDs, counseling or community supports
Summary
Committee members and DOC staff discussed reentry challenges after a simulated release exercise: detainees and short-term detainees can leave custody without IDs or needed documents, complicating reentry. DOC described an MOU with DMV for non-driver IDs for sentenced people and said detainees remain a harder population to process.
House Corrections and Institutions Committee members raised reentry concerns on May 7 after a simulation and facility visit highlighted cases in which people leave custody without identification, documentation or coordinated community supports.
Committee members described the simulation as a demonstration of recurring gaps: people released from short stays or detainee status may not have birth certificates, Social Security cards or state IDs at the point of release. DOC staff said they have an MOU with the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide non-driver IDs for people who are sentenced and in the…
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