Appointed by Governor: Gregory H. Carpenter; M. H. Jim Estepp; George R. Hardinger; Joanne M. Jester; Stefan F. LoBuglio; Edmund O'Leary; Jason Perkins-Cohen; Jacqueline Robarge; Kelis R. Stewart, Sr.; Howard Wicker; five vacancies.
Appointed by Senate President: Verna L. Jones-Rodwell; C. Anthony Muse.
Appointed by House Speaker: Jeffrey E. Waldstreicher; one vacancy.
Ex officio: Mark J. Mechlinski, Ed.D., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Susan R. Steinberg, Esq., designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Ted Dallas, Secretary of Human Resources; Tammy M. Brown, designee of Secretary of Juvenile Services; C. Jeff Beeson, designee of Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; J. Michael Stouffer, Commissioner of Correction; Sean Adgerson, designee of Motor Vehicle Administrator.
Staff: Bonita L. Cosgrove
c/o Dept. of Public Safety & Correctional Services
Hampton Plaza, Suite 1000
300 East Joppa Rd., Towson, MD 21286 - 3020
(410) 585-3727
e-mail: bcosgrove@dpscs.state.md.us
Final Report to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 31, 2011.
In May 2009, the Task Force on Prisoner Re-Entry was established (Chapters 625 & 626, Acts of 2009). To promote lower recidivism rates, the Task Force is to examine ways to pool resources and funding streams. Further, the Task Force will analyze: existing hurdles to the reintegration of adult and juvenile offenders into the community; guidelines and criteria for tracking outcomes of re-entry program participation by inmates; and data tracking of the pre- and post-release impact of re-entry programs. Also, the Task Force will research how many idle inmates are in each State correctional facility. Finally, the Task Force is to develop a comprehensive re-entry plan as specified by the federal Second Chance Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-199).
Authorization for the Task Force extends through June 30, 2012.
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