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Committee adds late discussion about DOC worker screening after council questions
Summary
Council members added a discussion about Department of Corrections worker assignments and screening to the agenda; DOC policy allows rare assignments of incarcerated workers with serious convictions under strict screening and placement conditions, and the committee asked staff to invite DOC to brief council.
At the end of the meeting, Speaker 1 moved to amend the agenda to add discussion of Department of Corrections (DOC) workers; Speaker 6 seconded and the amendment passed. The addition followed questions from Speaker 2 about an email from Deputy Director Bennett and whether DOC shares offense details for workers assigned to community crews.
Speaker 6 read from an email authored by Jason Battles (cited in the email chain) summarizing DOC practice: the agency does not disclose…
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