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Appropriations approves $50 Million for Second Chance Act programs and almost $4 Billion for state and local law enforcement

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

July 2010 National Reentry Resource Center NewsletterHill Update Senate Appropriations Bill Includes $50 Million for Second Chance Act On Thursday, July 22, 2010, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2011 that allocates $50 million for Second Chance Act programs. The bill, which contains $29.9 billion in total budget authority, provides $3.7 billion for state and local law enforcement programs and also includes: * $11 million for the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act * $520 million for Byrne Justice Assistance Grants * $214 million for Byrne Discretionary Grants * $40 million for Byrne Competitive Grants * $586 million for Community Oriented Policing Service Grants * $45 million for drug courts * $20 million for residential substance abuse treatment for state prisoners * $300 million for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program * $468 million for the Office on Violence Against Women * $490 million for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention * $468 million to prevent violence against women * $400 million to prevent, investigate, and prosecute crimes against children under the Adam Walsh Act * $841 million for the Crime Victims Fund Committee approval is only the first step in the appropriations process...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 29, 2010 (boomark / email).