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Pastor wants clarification on probation conditions
Published July 9, 2009, 3:56 pm, York Daily Record
The Rev. Scott Allen Snyder is finding life difficult on probation. Snyder, 35, the pastor at New Beginnings Bible Fellowship in Windsor, pleaded no contest to two corruption of minors charges in May.
States undergo a variety of health care policy developments
Published July 9, 2009, 3:49 pm, News-Medical-Net
Connecticut: The Associated Press/Hartford Courant reports, "Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed two health insurance bills he said were "well-intentioned" but "would cost the state billions of dollars before any economic recovery is complete."
State Prisoners and Abandoned Animals Help Each Other Out
Published July 9, 2009, 3:05 pm, WSAV Savannah
Thousands of abandoned animals are, essentially, behind bars needing loving homes. Helping them are their human counterparts, also behind bars. Here’s News Three’s Alice Massimi with a story of an unlikely partnership that might just give everyone a second chance.
Area legislators: Open to give and take
Published July 9, 2009, 1:22 pm, King of Prussia Courier
Local state legislators are waiting for Gov. Ed Rendell and the four leaders of the legislative caucuses to complete a “line-item by line-item” review of the proposed fiscal 2009 state budget to learn what programs have been cut and what programs have been preserved.
Both Dems, GOP irked as gov strips budget of key prison release terms
Published July 9, 2009, 5:22 am, The Capital Times
No one expected critics of Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to allow criminal offenders a way to get out of prison early to be happy with its inclusion in the state budget. But the final version of sentencing reform that Doyle signed into law disappointed some within Doyle's own party as well.
Better policies needed to handle sex offenders
Published July 8, 2009, 10:00 pm, The Oklahoman
THE list is pretty long of what the state Corrections Department can’t afford. That’s been evident through the years when the agency has come to the Legislature asking for more money just to make ends meet.So it’s no great surprise the prison system can’t afford sex-offender treatment for all the inmates who need it. As The Oklahoman’s Jay F. Marks reported this week, the agency has 55 inmates ...
Mid'town to repeal residency restrictions for sex offenders
Published July 8, 2009, 5:07 pm, Independent
MIDDLETOWN — Nearly four years after the Township Committee limited where sex offenders can live in Middletown, the committee is moving to strike the ordinance from its law books. The committee is expected to repeal Middletown's Sex Offender Residency Limitation at its July 20 meeting, Mayor Pamela Brightbill said.
Melrose pols weigh in on CORI reform
Published July 8, 2009, 3:32 pm, Melrose Free Press
Those who say the state’s current criminal records law makes it more difficult than necessary for ex-offenders to get a job or housing, thus potentially increasing recidivism rates, rallied at the State House two weeks ago — and two of Melrose’s state legislators agree that the system can and should be improved upon.
Florida Businesses Say “No More Prisons”
Published July 8, 2009, 3:23 pm, WCTV Tallahassee
Wednesday morning began with 100,552 inmates locked up in Florida prisons. The state also has or will soon have 11 thousand more beds under construction at a cost of almost a billion dollars. Now Florida’s major business groups are saying enough is enough.
District attorney concerned about Legislature’s decisions
Published July 8, 2009, 2:54 pm, Bakercityherald.com
Baker County District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff told county commissioners Wednesday he’s still evaluating how the recently completed legislative session will affect his work in the coming months.
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