Spotlight Announcement
7/31/2008: U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Signals Support for Second Chance Act
During his July 23 testimony before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, United States Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey expressed his support for the Second Chance Act of 2007, a first-of-its-kind reentry bill that President Bush signed into law earlier this year.
During the hearing, Attorney General Mukasey stated that the Second Chance Act is a good "first step" toward lowering recidivism rates, as well as solving problems like prison overcrowding at the state level. Mukasey also stressed the importance of enacting preventative measures to reduce initial contact with the criminal justice system in addition to enhancing law enforcement activities. Mukasey’s remarks were in response to questions from Representative Howard Coble (R-NC), a key champion of the Second Chance Act.
The Attorney General's support for the Second Chance Act further demonstrates the truly bipartisan nature of this landmark piece of legislation.
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The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center announced today the release of the toolkit, Planning and Assessing a Law Enforcement Reentry Strategy. With support by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), the kit has been designed as a guide and self-assessment tool for policing personnel and their partners to help reduce repeat crimes and facilitate successful reintegration by the more than 700,000 individuals who return to our communities from prisons each year and the more than 9 million from jails.