Video & Transcript Research : 'recently released inmates'
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- He couldn't release it when he got in trouble. Also, it was way too heavy for his body frame.
- He couldn't release it when he got in trouble. Also, it was way too heavy for his body frame.
- He couldn't release it when he got in trouble. Also, it was way too heavy for his body frame.
- He couldn't release it when he got in trouble. Also, it was way too heavy for his body frame.
- He couldn't release it when he got in trouble. Also, it was way too heavy for his body frame.
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commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF1469, Minnesota, workforce development, job training, job skills training, reentry, reentry services, formerly incarcerated, ex-offenders, inmates, recently released inmates, felony conviction, felony-level offense, corrections, prison release
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- Dalton Alla said NDC recently financed his sixth-unit affordable housing project on the east side of
Keywords:
nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, workforce development, job training, economic stability, low-income, career pathways, education funding, Summit Academy, employment, STEM programming, GED preparation, Neighborhood Development Center, NDC, small business, entrepreneurship, business training
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee May 7th, 2025
State Government
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- Twelve states, including Florida, Tennessee, and most recently Kentucky, have clarified access to release
- time. ...have clarified access to release time.
- We believe a release time for religious instruction program would bridge that gap.
- Gosling, who we honored here on our floor, is actually implementing religious release.
- He's actually going... religious release.
Keywords:
education, national anthem, patriotism, school policy, constitutional amendment, SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 16th, 2025
Education Policy
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- we're not doing as it relates to these school systems who do have responsibility for, you know, this release
- It was mentioned in the... release time.
- What happens when we have other faith traditions wanting to be released?
- We met with career centers to gather and distribute resources, and we created in-depth profiles of recent
- We want to continue to show recent college graduates and college students that Alabama is an amazing
Keywords:
SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education, local board of education, attendance credit, core curriculum, religious education, Bible class
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Education Policy
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- They can release those systems, but this bill would allow that provisionally they could be called back
- It would change to "participates in released time may earn an elective course."
- District for religious release. Okay, are there any questions about this amendment?
- They would go to a nearby church, and you could go to religious release training instead of going to
- The atheists are philosophical groups, not religious, and they do not qualify for release time under
Keywords:
athletic classification, public high schools, English language learners, state education policy, athletic associations, religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, 1136, house, all
TX
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- Interest in release time programs like ours has been growing rapidly in recent years because so many
- Montana and Ohio recently updated their laws to ensure students could participate in release time programs
- I remember doing release time in the early 1960s.
- To access release time programs for religious education for their children.
- Release time programs have a long history in our nation.
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residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension, reporting requirements, released time, religious instruction
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (2-21-23)
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KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz0oUn4TYmM, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:48
DISCUSSION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; LAURIE GIVENS, AOC DIRECTOR, JIM DALEY, CAMPBELL COUNTY JAILER, 01:41
ELIZABETH LUCAS, IMPLANTATION TECHNICAL SERVICES & COURT SERVICES DIRECTOR. THE AOC ADDRESSED FUNDING AND UPDATES TO
COURT SYSTEM PROCEDURES SUCH AS VIDEO ARRAIGNMENT & CONFERENCE CALLS. THERE WILL BE 432 COURTROOMS THAT WILL BE
EQUIPPED TO CONDUCT THESE TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR INMATES. THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY HAS SAVED COUNTIES MONEY
ON THE TRANSPORTATION COST OF INMATES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE PILOT PROGRAMS BEING CONDUCTED AT THIS TIME INCLUDING;
DIVORCE FORMS PILOT & SMALL CLAIMS COURT PILOT. HB 238 & HB 244 HAS ENABLED VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO BE ENACTED IN
SEVERAL COUNTIES IN KY, AND FUNDS FOR STAFF TRAINING ON THE PROGRAMS., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill deals with the per diem that the state pays for the housing of state inmates in local facilities
- After the most recent increase granted to the clerk of court, they will exceed us by 20 percent in 2028
Keywords:
inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation, hazardous waste, cleanup fund, environmental protection, state treasury, Consumer Price Index, law enforcement, firefighters, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- In recent years, we have seen a disturbing rise... ...about the forum.
- Tanya Brown, and Advocates for the Inmates and the Innocent. Thank you.
- That report, released in February 2024, blew me and Senator Scheibel away.
- We're just classifying inmates based on institution, not gender.
- Tanya Brown, T-O-N-J-A, B-R-O-W-N, and advocates for the inmates and the innocents.
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elderly, vulnerable persons, criminal penalties, theft, civil penalties, criminal justice reform, traffic stops, law enforcement, data recording, public safety, racial profiling, SB323, Nevada, Department of Corrections, offenders, inmates, incarcerated people, prison phone calls, free phone calls, family communication
TX
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- LDF's recent litigation wins against the Trump administration's education department demonstrate that
- sponsor for the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, and I know that there was a committee substitute recently
Keywords:
parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction
FL
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- On SB 1, Education and Workforce Development for current and former inmates, you're recognized to explain
- and the Department of Corrections to provide expanded training opportunities for current and former inmates
- and the Department of Corrections to provide expanded training opportunities for current and former inmates
- We just left another bill recently where they said they would not be explicit on why organizations would
- We just left another bill recently where they said they would not be explicit on why organizations would
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unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate.
Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19.
The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support.
In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.
NV
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- Recently, in the area that I represent, we experienced the tragic death of McKenzie Scott, a high school
- We have worked closely with the public defenders and district attorneys recently, and the alterations
- We have worked closely with the public defenders and district attorneys recently, and the alterations
Keywords:
elderly, vulnerable persons, criminal penalties, theft, civil penalties, criminal justice reform, traffic stops, law enforcement, data recording, public safety, racial profiling, SB323, Nevada, Department of Corrections, offenders, inmates, incarcerated people, prison phone calls, free phone calls, family communication
TX
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- About five years after my release, I went to work.
- and the child, as well as other inmates and staff.
- It would provide a process for inmates to renew their driver's license prior to being released from prison
- It says the inmate shall receive $50 on his release from the institution and $50 on... initially reporting
- You're an inmate.
Keywords:
mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, inmate release, identification certificate, Texas Department of Corrections, personal identification, driver's license, state law, reentry services, nondisclosure, criminal history, criminal defendants, community supervision, misdemeanors, felonies, rehabilitation, hearsay
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Education Policy
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- Well, since that time, very few school districts have adopted release time policies.
- We have 4,500 parents who have signed a petition for a religious release program.
- The bill states that a student who participates in release time may earn elective credit, leaving the
- time a program that brings in release time for religious instruction.
- We have to have a policy that would allow a release. There's no time limit in here.
Keywords:
Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, STEM, science education, technology education, engineering education, math education, workforce development, career pathways, Alabama STEM Council, Department of Workforce, education policy, higher education, community colleges, K-12 education, teacher pipeline, STEM careers
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Public Safety Subcommittee Feb 11th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Public Safety
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- diploma, a GED, as a condition of release and/or parole.
- So yeah, they're eligible for release when the time is served.
- On the page 1, line 23, it says all inmates Is that what that means, all inmates except for the ones
- look at line 23, all inmates, this is already in statute.
- what I was reading here, to release, yeah, prior to release, but there's a need, there's a needs assessment
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rural law enforcement, grant fund, public safety, financial assistance, coordination districts, grant funding, law enforcement coordinators, municipal assistance, education, inmates, literacy, high school equivalency, Department of Corrections, parole, rehabilitation, law enforcement, mandatory training, mental health, domestic violence, peace officer certification
OK
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- If you think back through Oklahoma's history, it wasn't until fairly recently when we had the ability
- The idea is instead of counting them at the prison location, it cro it counts those inmates at their
- It only deals with those within our local jails that are also inmates within DOC.
- Representative Williams, thank you for sharing, so Going back to my district, I've got 1,200 inmates
- The costs will be if that inmate or that person's been arrested is going to be evaluated.
Keywords:
rural law enforcement, grant fund, public safety, financial assistance, coordination districts, grant funding, law enforcement coordinators, municipal assistance, education, inmates, literacy, high school equivalency, Department of Corrections, parole, rehabilitation, law enforcement, mandatory training, mental health, domestic violence, peace officer certification
TX
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- and the child and other inmates and staff.
- prior to being released from prison.
- Somebody that's, oh, it says the inmate shall receive $50 on his release from the institution and $50
- So there have been a very small number, but they have been released. But they have been released.
- It starts two years prior to release.
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mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, inmate release, identification certificate, Texas Department of Corrections, personal identification, driver's license, state law, reentry services, nondisclosure, criminal history, criminal defendants, community supervision, misdemeanors, felonies, rehabilitation, hearsay
Summary:
The Corrections Committee first took up pending business and reported several previously heard bills favorably to the full House, including HB 1515 and SB 2405, the TDCJ Sunset bill and its Senate companion, HB 5639 on the veteran housing program, HB 2854 on hospital visits as a parole or mandatory supervision condition and related hospital liability, and SB 1080 on occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions. The committee also heard and advanced SB 1080 without amendment, then moved into new business.
A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3618, which would limit invasive group strip searches of female inmates in TDCJ facilities. Formerly incarcerated women and advocates testified in support, describing humiliation, trauma, barriers to programming, and arguing that searches were often ineffective and that contraband more often comes from staff. TDCJ’s resource witness said the agency has looked at technology such as millimeter scanners and is in the process of placing them in facilities, while the bill sponsor said the measure would preserve searches in emergencies and require female officers when women are unclothed. HB 3618 was left pending.
The committee also heard HB 4515 on expanding orders of nondisclosure, with the author saying the committee substitute would narrow the bill to marijuana possession only; supporters from Alliance for Safety and Justice and Right on Crime argued it would improve reentry and public safety, while members asked about eligibility and related offenses. HB 1826, requiring depression screenings for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women, drew support from women’s health advocates and formerly incarcerated witnesses; the bill was left pending. HB 1969, to help people leaving prison renew or obtain driver’s licenses, and HB 2708, expanding nondisclosure eligibility for certain misdemeanor convictions, were also laid out and left pending.
Later, the committee heard HB 2729, which would bar hearsay evidence in hearings on violations of release conditions, and SB 1021, which would make stalking convictions ineligible for community supervision and add related victim-protection provisions; both were left pending. SB 1610, addressing civil commitment facility safety, sex offender registration, and penalties for assaults on staff, drew strong opposition from civil commitment residents, family members, and civil rights advocates who argued it was punitive and raised due process concerns; the resource witness said assaults had increased and explained the civil commitment process and existing legal safeguards. Finally, HB 4764 would require TDCJ to report detailed annual data on restrictive housing; supporters said the bill would improve transparency around solitary confinement, and the committee left it pending before adjourning.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Jail and Corrections Reform Taskforce (6-12-23)
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KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlSiikAbcKg, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:58
Discussion from Jim Henderson & Shelly Hampton with the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACO) on the needs & challenges of county jails in Kentucky 00:01:22
Questions for KACO 00:18:18
Discussion from Jim Daly, Josh Lindblom, & Members with the KY Jail Association about county facilities, inmates, jail population, challenges, training, and inmate classification 00:40:09
Questions 01:09:12, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 25th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
bail, conviction, aggravated offense, minors, constitutional amendment, bail reform, post-conviction, minor victims, legal rights, ignition interlock device, DUI, public safety, vehicle operation, criminal justice reform, DWI, driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, penalties, criminal justice, jury commission
OK
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- So, do you feel like we're doing a good job in that area, preparing these inmates?
- a new division, and it's working with outside companies to make them receptive towards hiring ex-inmates
Keywords:
firearm rights restoration, nonviolent felons, Oklahoma firearm laws, gun ownership, pardon, expungement, public safety, transportation of inmates, Department of Corrections, correctional facilities, sentencing, health records, firefighters, sex offenders, employment restrictions, Oklahoma laws, bomb, explosive device, incendiary device, simulated bomb