ND House passes resolution to study reentry services

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – One factor that may come from this legislative session is a model new, $160 million girls’s jail in Mandan.

And that, amongst different issues, has lawmakers contemplating serving to people who find themselves incarcerated return to society.

This week the Home of Representatives handed HCR (Home Concurrent Decision) 3026, which supplies Legislative Administration the chance to review reentry companies and outcomes for people who find themselves incarcerated.

Lawmakers behind the decision imagine by figuring out the simplest reentry companies, they will cut back recidivism in North Dakota.

“Yearly 1,400 prisoners are launched from our prisoners and 1000’s of individuals depart our jails to reenter our communities. Our recidivism price is 40%. How can we do higher?” mentioned Rep. Bernie Satrom, R-Jamestown.

It prices about $55,000 per yr to incarcerate somebody within the state jail and about $110 per day in county jails.

Lawmakers hope long-term outcomes will save tax {dollars}, enhance public security, and enhance lives.

The decision heads to the Senate.

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