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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6883
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3047
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ROSARIO, 128
th Dist.
REP. BAKER, 124
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A "CORRECTIONS TO COLLEGE" PIPELINE
FOR YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to create a 1
"Corrections to College" pipeline program where youthful offenders 2
being released into the community will be assigned an education and 3
career counselor at their local community college to get the youth back 4
in school and that such program include ten mandatory sessions of 5
outpatient therapy concerning trauma from incarceration and to help 6
the youth to readjust to society, mandatory life skills training and 7
fatherhood classes, if applicable, on-sight mentoring that begins six 8
months prior to release and carries over into post-incarceration 9
supervision and unpaid community service project work for a 10
minimum of twenty-five hours over a twelve-month period. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To create a "Corrections to College" pipeline program for youthful
offenders reentering the community.