HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 238 FILED ON: 1/12/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1369
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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.