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Sedgwick County commissioner to testify in Topeka on bill to restore limited juvenile offender beds
Summary
Commissioner Howe said he will testify in Topeka in support of Senate Bill 367, which would restore a limited number of state-funded beds for criminogenic juvenile offenders and crisis stabilization services; he said the state — not the county — would fund operations and that there are currently no such beds in Kansas.
Commissioner Howe said he will testify in Topeka this week in support of Senate Bill 367, legislation that would restore a small number of state-funded beds and programming for criminogenic juvenile offenders.
The bill, Howe said at the Sedgwick County agenda review on Feb. 7, seeks to reverse a consequence of a 2016 law that removed some placement options for judges and corrections staff. He said the measure would provide a “limited number of beds” and that the Department of Corrections would determine where those beds are located.
Howe told…
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