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Corrections seeks funding for behavioral health programs, community reentry and Free to Recovery supports
Summary
Department presenters outlined behavioral health services delivered in facilities, a Free to Recovery program run by DHHS for people involved in the criminal justice system, and requests for county jail programming and a 25‑bed reentry center in northwest North Dakota.
Department of Corrections officials told the Senate Appropriations Committee that behavioral health programming and community reentry supports are central to reducing recidivism and that they seek funding for programming in county jails and a 25‑bed reentry center in northwest North Dakota.
Rochelle Juntunen, Deputy Director of Adult Services, summarized the department’s in‑custody behavioral health offerings — substance abuse treatment,…
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