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Senator backs bill to verify veteran status of incarcerated individuals and connect them to services
Summary
Senator Johnson introduced Senate Bill 179 to require correctional institutions to integrate the Veterans Reentry Search Service (VRSS) to identify incarcerated veterans (cited as roughly 2,582, about 5.97% of Ohio's prison population in a 2021 report) and to help connect them to VA and local veteran services; the committee held the first hearing and took no vote.
Senator Johnson provided sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 179, which would require Ohio correctional institutions to integrate the Veterans Reentry Search Service (VRSS) into jail registries to identify and verify veteran status for incarcerated individuals and to assist those identified in contacting veteran support services.
Citing data he attributed to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction,…
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