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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 497
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2847
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A TASK FORCE TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a task force to 1
oversee an analysis determining to what extent individuals currently 2
or recently under state criminal justice supervision have longer stays in 3
correctional settings or are at high-risk of recidivism due to their 4
homelessness or health and behavioral health needs, to examine state 5
criminal justice, health and behavioral health and homelessness 6
datasets to identify individuals who could be successfully released and 7
reintegrated in the community through targeted interventions that 8
address housing, treatment, health and service needs, and to provide a 9
set of recommendations on ways that existing state resources could be 10
reinvested to finance these interventions. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce recidivism through community-based housing, health and
behavioral health services.