Bill would help states help ex-offenders
Submitted on August 4, 2004 - 12:00am.
Collin Haba - Summer 2004
WASHINGTON – Two Ohio representatives are co-sponsors of bipartisan legislation to help states prevent prisoners from committing new crimes when they are released from prison and return to their communities.
Reps. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, Danny Davis, D-Ill., and Mark Souder, R-Ind., joined church leaders and community activists at a press conference June 23 in the U.S. Capitol to introduce the legislation.
Called the Second Chance Act of 2004, the bill would authorize assistance to states and localities to provide services to ex-offenders. These include access to counseling, help with family reunification, education, job training, housing, mental health services and substance abuse treatment.
Reps. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, Danny Davis, D-Ill., and Mark Souder, R-Ind., joined church leaders and community activists at a press conference June 23 in the U.S. Capitol to introduce the legislation.
Called the Second Chance Act of 2004, the bill would authorize assistance to states and localities to provide services to ex-offenders. These include access to counseling, help with family reunification, education, job training, housing, mental health services and substance abuse treatment.
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