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Glimpses from the House Corrections Committee

I turned on for a moment today's House Corrections Committee meeting (still going, see here) and heard these tidbits:Is Project Rio helping ex-offenders get state jobs?State Rep. Jerry Madden asked somebody from TDCJ how Project Rio, Texas' main job assistance program for ex-prisoners, was working. He was perfunctorily told it was "working well." Madden followed up by saying he'd spoken to folks from the Department of Transportation who told him they'd like to hire ex-prisoners but had never heard of Project Rio. "Oh really!" was the startled response. Chairman McReynolds smoothed over the awkward moment, which was met by laughter and a colleague telling Madden he was being "controversial," quickly moving onto TDCJ healthcare topics.Number of inmates growing who will never leave infirmary beds...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 28, 2010 (boomark / email).