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NH To Create Department-Level Agency For Parolees

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

NH To Create Department-Level Agency For Parolees March 29th, 2009 New Hampshire Corrections Commissioner William Wrenn, with the support of Gov. John Lynch, is creating a new state division to help keep parolees free even after they have violated their parole agreements, as long as the violations do not involve new crimes. Wrenn estimates the division, called the Division of Community Corrections, will cost between $1.4 million and $2 million and involve hiring between 10 and 20 case managers at 10 local parole offices around the state. He hopes to have at least some of the programs up and running by summer. ?I?d like these positions to work with individuals out in the community, keep (parolees) in their houses and jobs and with their families,? Wrenn said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).