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Rivera introduces bill to identify incarcerated people for alternative release

By Max Parrott Posted on October 31, 2022
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With the governor’s race heating up into a full-blown political war over criminal justice reforms, Councilmember Carlina Rivera has not ceased to propose new ideas on how the city can reshape its jail system. 

Rivera, chair of the Council Committee on Criminal Justice, introduced legislation on Thursday that would create a city program to identify incarcerated people awaiting trial who are safe to return to the community through alternative programs.

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