Annapolis, Md. – Governor Larry Hogan’s multi-agency workgroup to study the effects of incarceration on former inmates will hold its final stakeholder meeting on Friday, October 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum in Baltimore.
The legal and regulatory barriers that ex-offenders face after their release from prison often make it difficult for them to find a job and become productive members of their communities. In December 2015, Governor Hogan issued a directive to create a workgroup to better understand and help alleviate these obstacles to re-entry.
Chaired by Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., of the Center for Education, Justice & Ethics at the University of Maryland, the workgroup is made up of 14 members that include representatives from state agencies, nonprofit service agencies, and the university and business community. Provisions for the workgroup were also included in the Justice Reinvestment Act (Chapter 515 of 2016).
The workgroup will continue to hold general meetings throughout the fall and will submit a report with its findings and recommendations to Governor Hogan in December 2016.
If you would like to testify on the 14th, please contact Madison Getty at madison.getty@maryland.gov or 410-697-9308 no later than Wednesday, October 12. Testimony will be limited to three minutes, and you are encouraged to bring handouts for other attendees and the members of the workgroup.
WHAT: Workgroup on Collateral Consequences of Convictions’ final stakeholder meeting
WHERE: Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum, Founders Room, 1417 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
WHEN: Friday, October 14, 1 – 3 p.m.
About the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention
The Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention serves as a coordinating office that advises the governor on criminal justice strategies. The office plans, promotes, and funds efforts with government entities, private organizations, and the community to advance public policy, enhance public safety, reduce crime and juvenile delinquency, and serve victims.