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January 22, 2007
MD: Proposals for Prisons, Law Enforcement & Substance Use
Public Safety - Improving Security at Correctional Facilities
$32.6 million for a new 192-cell medium security housing unit at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown
$6.7 million for 155 new correctional officer positions
$6.1 million for security camera systems and improved security equipment
$1 million to improve monitoring of sexual offenders
$984,000 to assist local law enforcement agencies with sex offender registration and community notification
Expanding Death Benefits for Public Safety and Military Personnel
Enhancing Juvenile Services - $1.3 million for non-residential community-based sex offender treatment
$1.1 million to improve behavioral health assessments, substance abuse treatment, and other services
Increasing Drug Abuse Treatment by $5 million
http://www.mddems.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/998556
Posted by lois at January 22, 2007 09:31 AM