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Lawmakers hear requests to expand community reentry staff and medication‑assisted treatment pilots
Summary
The DOC sought funding to annualize personnel for the Pocatello Community Reentry Center, add parole officers, and start pilot medications‑for‑opioid‑use‑disorder services while inmates are incarcerated.
The Department of Correction asked the joint budget committee on Feb. 4 to fund continued operations and staff for community reentry programs that officials say reduce recidivism and ease reintegration.
Why it matters: DOC framed the Pocatello Community Reentry Center expansion and associated staff increases as investments to reduce repeat offending by improving case management, reentry supports and treatment access prior to release.
What was requested: Analyst Noah Peterson described the division requests. Management services had earlier been appropriated 7 FTP for administrative…
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