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McDonnell creates council to explore prison issue

5/12/10 Richmond Times-Dispatch—"With almost one-third of Virginia's prisoners returning to prison within three years of their release, Gov. Bob McDonnell wants a more coordinated state approach to discouraging repeat offenders.

McDonnell issued an executive order yesterday creating the state's first Virginia Prisoner and Juvenile Offender Re-Entry Council to study why prisoners are going back behind bars and to find ways to promote more successful societal re-entry programs."

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Author(s)

Tyler Whitley

Date

5/12/10

State

Virginia

Source

Richmond Times-Dispatch

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