HM 36 — STUDY REDUCING RECIDIVISM

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g e i k h r i s WHEREAS, as of February 1, 2019, there were six thousand h , t, e u g two hundred ninety-five men and seven hundred seventy-four e b l e e h women incarcerated in New Mexico state correctional facilities;

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and WHEREAS, there are businesses that are willing to HM 36/a provide employment opportunities for recently released Page 1 inmates, but there is an insufficient network to enable former inmates to find suitable employment;

and h WHEREAS, New Mexico has the second-highest recidivism rate u » r in the country, with one-half of its former inmates landing t h g e back behind prison bars within three years;

and l i h r i s WHEREAS, the availability of transitional housing, mental h , e h health and substance abuse counseling, support services and t u g e b l employment opportunities will help to reduce rates of e e , gh n d d i = = o h recidivism;

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