HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 238        FILED ON: 1/12/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1369

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul R. Heroux

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the recidivism reducing program reporting by the Commissioner of the Department of Correction.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/12/2015

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/3/2015

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/3/2015

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

2/3/2015

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

1/31/2015

Leah Cole

12th Essex

2/1/2015

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

2/4/2015

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/27/2015

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

2/3/2015

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

1/26/2015

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/3/2015

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/26/2015

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/30/2015

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/30/2015

Brian R. Mannal

2nd Barnstable

2/4/2015

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/23/2015

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

2/4/2015

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/28/2015

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2015

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 238        FILED ON: 1/12/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1369

By Mr. Heroux of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1369) of Paul R. Heroux and others relative to the reporting of recidivism reducing program outcomes by the Department of Correction.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1382 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to the recidivism reducing program reporting by the Commissioner of the Department of Correction.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 124 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 41, by inserting after the word “department;” the following words:- and annually report on the outcomes on recidivism of programs of rehabilitation of inmates upon discharge from the department of correction identified in paragraph (e). The report must identify a program group and a proper control group, and report on the rate of recidivism for each group, and report if there is or is not a statistically significant difference between the two groups.