Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-639-R1

Redraft EPS 639

Prison Rehabilitation and Reentry Programming

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. Creem, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Jehlen and Mr. Michael O. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8900-0001, <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">moved that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8900-0001, by inserting after the words “all prisoners confined in each prison operated by the department,” the following words:-

“; provided further, that not less than $1,494,517 be expended on rehabilitation and reentry programming within Department of Correction facilities, and that such programming shall include but not be limited to year round academic education, substance abuse treatment and education, cognitive behavioral therapy, and violence reduction programs;”

and by striking out the figure “560,181,787” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “561,676,304”.