HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1582        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 843

 

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

1/19/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

2/2/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/2/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/2/2017

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/3/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/3/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/3/2017

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

2/3/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/3/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/3/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1582        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 843

By Mr. Heroux of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 843) 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. 1369 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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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.