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| Council endorses plan to reduce jail recidivism |
| By sltrib.com - Mike Gorrell |
| Published: 06/14/2013 |
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Even knowing the project eventually will come with a fairly steep price tag, the Salt Lake County Council signaled its support Tuesday for a pilot program aimed at providing a select group of criminals with training that will keep them from returning to jail. The council voted unanimously to endorse the "Second Chance Offender Re-Entry Initiative (SCORE)," put together over the last year by the county’s Criminal Justice Advisory Council (CJAC). The council includes law enforcement, prosecutors, human services, defense counsel, corrections and court officers and elected officials at the local and state levels. The endorsement comes with a pledge to provide matching funds if CJAC secures a federal grant this fall to complete planning for and to start up a community corrections center in Oxbow jail. Read More. |
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