Chapter 359
2012 – S 3064
Enacted 06/21/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS,
BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE
CONSTRUCTIONS
Introduced By: Senators Perry, and Sosnowski
Date Introduced: June 11, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Legislative findings.-
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(1)
Roberta Richman, Assistant Director of Rehabilitative Services for the
department of corrections, oversees community corrections
including probation, parole, and home
confinement, education and vocational training, health services,
substance abuse treatment and
many specialized counseling programs. She also supervises
inmate reentry activities designed to
bridge the gap between institutional services and community
corrections.
(2)
Ms. Richman began her career in RIDOC in 1979 as an Arts program coordinator.
She became the
administrator of educational services in 1982, the director of prison
industries in
1986 and in 1991 was
appointed warden of the women's facilities. During the ten years of her
tenure as warden, she introduced many innovative programs
for female offenders.
(3)
As assistant director of rehabilitative services, Ms. Richman has focused
attention on
prisoner reentry, the building of a continuum of care for
offenders that begins immediately upon
entry into the criminal justice system and is intended to
prepare the offender, his/her family and
the community, for successful release from prison. She
believes that corrections alone cannot do
all that is needed to help prisoners rebuild their lives
and has built partnerships with many
community agencies and public safety organizations in our
cities and towns who now work
actively with the DOC on prisoner reentry initiatives.
SECTION 2. Chapter 22-7.4 of the General Laws entitled
"Permanent Joint Committee
on
amended by adding thereto the following section:
22-7.4-116.
located adjacent to
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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