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Reentry Task Force ramping up

The first meeting of Texas' new Reentry Task Force authorized by the Legislature last year will meet in Austin next Friday. See:Reentry Task Force AgendaReentry Task Force MembersThe task force launches its work just as new federal money becomes available for reentry work. According to The Crime Report: The new federal appropriations law signed this week by President Obama provides more funds for prisoner re-entry work than had previously been reported. Last [month], Crime & Justice News noted that congressional negotiators had agreed on $100 million as the main appropriation for Justice Department programs in the relatively new Second Chance Act. The Council of State Governments Justice Center reports that the law also includes $14 million for reentry initiatives in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and $108,493,000 to the Department of Labor for ex-offender activities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).