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Appropriations committee hears three‑bill reentry package aimed at reducing recidivism and improving transitions
Summary
A three‑bill reentry package presented to Appropriations would fund pilot prosecution‑led diversion and deflection, create tiered sanctions for supervision violations while eliminating some supervision and indigent defense fees, and appropriate money for jail reentry grants, IDs, Medicaid coordination and a Native American reentry liaison.
Representative Lawrence Clameen, presenting a package of three bills to the Appropriations Committee, said the measures target front‑end diversion, supervision consistency and reentry supports to reduce recidivism and relieve pressure on overcrowded prison and jail beds.
House Bill 14 25 (prosecution‑led diversion, deflection and pretrial services): Clameen said the bill would authorize prosecution‑led diversion programs (court rule 32.2 codified) and establish a three‑county pilot in which the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) would provide supervision. The bill requests an appropriation to DOCR for supervision administration and requests $750,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for treatment and related services for participants. Clameen and DOCR described deflection as a community‑level process that connects people with behavioral health needs to services…
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