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Daily Hampshire Gazette: In Our Opinion: CORI reform - legislative change that makes sense

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

In Our Opinion: CORI reform - legislative change that makes sense By Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton/Hampshire County) Created 08/17/2010 A long-fought battle to help former prisoners move on once they've paid their dues to society was won earlier this month when Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation that overhauled the state's controversial Criminal Offender Record Information system, known as CORI. We think Patrick, and the Legislature, did the right thing in taking steps to reform the law. If you believe people can change for the better - and we do - then you have to provide them with the right circumstances to let positive change flower and take root. Among other elements, the new CORI regulations require criminal records sealed for felony convictions after 10 years, rather than the current 15...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).