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Senate committee hears bill to let CNMI join interjurisdictional corrections compact with Guam
Summary
The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Government, and Law heard discussion of Senate Bill 24-24, which would allow the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to join an interjurisdictional corrections compact with Guam to house nonviolent inmates for rehabilitation and access federal education funding; no vote was recorded.
The Senate standing committee on Judiciary, Government, and Law held a public hearing Wednesday on Senate Bill 24-24, a proposal that would authorize the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to join the Assinomay Grama interjurisdictional corrections compact and accept nonviolent inmates from Guam for rehabilitation programs and training.
Senator Manny Castro, the bill’s author and a member of the committee, said the compact would give the Department of Corrections (DOC) access to training, programming and federal education funds that incarcerated people will be eligible to receive starting July 1. “If you have 200 inmates and they’re able to tap into federal…
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