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Senate introduces bill to allow CNMI to host nonviolent inmates from Guam under interjurisdictional compact
Summary
Senator Manny Castro formally introduced Senate Bill No. 24-24 on March 7, a measure to authorize the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to join an interjurisdictional corrections compact with Guam to "improve and expand inmate rehabilitation and training and for other purposes," he said during the Senate session at the Soussma Finesse Memorial Building.
Senator Manny Castro formally introduced Senate Bill No. 24-24 on March 7, a measure to authorize the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to join an interjurisdictional corrections compact with Guam to "improve and expand inmate rehabilitation and training and for other purposes," he said during the Senate session at the Soussma Finesse Memorial Building.
The bill would let the CNMI accept inmates from Guam and other jurisdictions under a compact designed to allow jurisdictions to transfer inmates for capacity or programmatic reasons. Commissioner Anthony C. Torres of the Department of Corrections told senators he supports the bill and said the CNMI has unused bed capacity that could be offered on a voluntary basis. "I stand before you today to voice my strong support…
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