Justice home began in 2013 and as part of the program in cooperation with judges and prosecutors, women who are facing prison or jail for a felony are given a chance to remain at home with their families to be held accountable in the community and to get the help and support that they need to do better, and that is exactly what happens. 88 of justice home graduate remain arrest free after they complete the program. And justice are also realizes massive fiscal savings. Its the total cost of tax payer to incarcerated women in york its just too much of a going to foster care is over 130,000 a year. It costs less than 20,000 a year to support a woman to a Better Future via justice home. And it gets much better results. Again, looking to the states for innovation, we see two new primary care legislation adopted in massachusetts and tennessee. And these new measures require judges in the states to consider, in fact, when theyre in sentencing a person who is aa primary caregiver of minor chil
Hearing on women and the criminal Justice System in the criminal Justice System. Members questioned the witnesses on jails for female prisoners, highlighting several examples including solitary confinement, emotional distress, lack of resources when entering reentering society. This is about two and a half hours. The committee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. The chair istion, able to call recess at any time. For annize myself opening statement. I am very pleased this subcommittee is holding this hearing. After decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally at a point of examining the policies and the consequences. What has been missing from the discussion of criminal Justice Reform as the special and specific impact the tough own crime arrow has had on women and children. Todays hearing begins a discussion about women and the criminal Justice System. It is critical we understand how and why women become involved in the system, what happ
Weather events every weekend were tracking some kind of tropical system, first harvey, irma, then jose how are you im good, its a little muggy, we do have areas of fog on this saturday morning, you know what this weekend is . Its the last thats why i wore black lets folk in on whats happening. Weather by the numbers, scottsdale of one to ten, well give it about a nine, we do have that he is areas of dense fog developing in south jersey, sections of Delaware County well talk about that in just a few moment, live look at the shore showing it breeze, but also showing you were kind of socked in liquids fog, that will burn off giving way to sun and clouds, 68 right now, humidity its high, 87 , winds out of the north northwest about five Miles Per Hour, its 55 this morning in mount pocono, 61 in the Lehigh Valley, berks county, reading, 63 degrees. Mid 60s through sections of delaware, 70 right now in wildwood, and Atlantic City checking in at 68. So look at the visibility. Pretty good right