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House committee reviews H559 to modernize parole board structure and training
Summary
A House committee heard testimony on bill H559 proposing changes to the parole board’s membership, training and staffing. Parole Board Director Mary Jane Ainsworth and the Attorney General’s Office discussed recruitment, statutory constraints on counsel and the board’s growing workload.
The House constituent committee on January 8 heard testimony on bill H559, which would update the state parole board’s composition, training requirements and staff support. Mary Jane Ainsworth, director of the parole board, and Todd Delos of the attorney general’s office briefed members on the proposal and the challenges the board faces.
Ainsworth told the committee she and AGO counsel have worked “to really look at the parole board statutes and see how they could be modernized,” noting many provisions have not been updated for years. She said the board is seeing more people with substance‑use and mental‑health needs and needs members with specialized experience to evaluate risk and rehabilitation. “They are really the subject matter experts in a lot of these areas,” Ainsworth said of corrections staff, describing efforts to bring Department…
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