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Commissioners flag trauma-informed care for incarcerated girls and growing budget pressure, urge regional approaches
Summary
Commissioner Linda reported on a corrections task force that emphasized trauma-informed programs for incarcerated girls and relayed a call from the Association of Minnesota Counties to pursue regionalization as fiscal pressures increase; board members stressed that state and federal decisions drive local cost burdens.
Commissioner Linda reported to the board on two items: findings from a Department of Corrections task force on incarcerated women and girls, and takeaways from the Association of Minnesota Counties board meeting about regionalization and budget pressures.
On corrections, Linda summarized a statistical report (described in the meeting as spanning several years and roughly 7,000 cases) highlighting that many girls who enter…
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