H.R.1593 - Second Chance Act of 2007

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes. view all titles (11)

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  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention as passed senate.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention as passed house.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention as introduced.
  • Official: To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention as reported to house.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention as enacted.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Short: Second Chance Act of 2007 as enacted.

04/18/08
Millions of Prisoners to Get ‘Second Chance’ Under New Law Signed ...

Rob Portman (Ohio), and According to the bill, HR 1593, there are 7 million people currently incarcerated in local jails and prisons in the US The Bureau of ...

Source: Weekly Challenger, FL
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04/17/08
Millions of offenders to get 'Second Chance'

According to the bill, HR 1593, there are 7 million people currently incarcerated in local jails and prisons in the US The Bureau of Criminal Justice ...

Source: Baltimore Times, MD
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04/14/08
Millions of Offenders to Get 'Second Chance' Under New Act of Congress

According to the bill, HR 1593, there are 7 million people currently incarcerated in local jails and prisons in the US The Bureau of Criminal Justice ...

Source: Weekly Challenger, FL
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04/10/08
Voice of the Martyrs Alert

A release from DeMoss News Pond says that President Bush was due to sign the Second Chance Act of 2007 (HR 1593) on April 9. Aimed at reducing recidivism ...

Source: Crosswalk.com, VA
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04/08/08
President Bush Signs Second Chance Act of 2007

The Second Chance Act (HR 1593) will help transform lives and build safer communities by helping prisoners who are returning to society break cycles of ...

Source: Trading Markets (press release), CA
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04/08/08
President Bush Signs Second Chance Act of 2007

The Second Chance Act (HR 1593) will help transform lives and build safer communities by helping prisoners who are returning to society break cycles of ...

Source: Centre Daily Times, PA
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04/08/08
President Bush Signs Second Chance Act of 2007

The Second Chance Act (HR 1593) will help transform lives and build safer communities by helping prisoners who are returning to society break cycles of ...

Source: StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI
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04/08/08
Remarks by the President at Signing of HR 1593, the Second Chance ...

THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. I'm about to sign a piece of legislation that will help give prisoners across America a second chance for a better life. ...

Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
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04/08/08
President Bush Signs Second Chance Act of 2007

The Second Chance Act (HR 1593) will help transform lives and build safer communities by helping prisoners who are returning to society break cycles of ...

Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
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04/08/08
Remarks by the President at Signing of HR 1593, the Second Chance ...

THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. I'm about to sign a piece of legislation that will help give prisoners across America a second chance for a better life. ...

Source: Earthtimes, UK
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04/08/08
Author : BUSH/SECOND-CHANCE-ACT

The Second Chance Act (HR 1593) will help transform lives and build safer communities by helping prisoners who are returning to society break cycles of ...

Source: Earthtimes, UK
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04/08/08
President Bush Signs HR 1593, the Second Chance Act of 2007

THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. I'm about to sign a piece of legislation that will help give prisoners across America a second chance for a better life. ...

Source: Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC
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04/07/08
Frank's second chance

President Bush signed HR 1593, the "Second Chance Act" last Wednesday. This bill gives substantial funding nationwide for programs that help keep prisoners ...

Source: The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
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03/14/08
NAACP-Supported Ex-Offender Reentry Legislation, Passed by the US ...

By NAACP On March 11, 2008, the United States Senate passed, by a unanimous vote, HR 1593, the "Second Chance Act of 2007". This was the same bill that the ...

Source: UrbanMecca.com, FL
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03/13/08
Second Chance Act Improves Mental Health Services For Prisoners, USA

The US Senate passed the Second Chance Act (HR 1593) this week by unanimous consent. The US House of Representatives passed the legislation last fall. ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release), UK
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03/11/08
Tubbs Jones Applauds Passage of Second Chance Act in Senate

... Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones commended the passage in the Senate of the Second Chance Act (HR 1593), bipartisan reentry legislation of which she ...

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA
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03/11/08
NAACP URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO SIGN THE BILL

On March 11, 2008, the United States Senate passed, by a unanimous vote, HR 1593, the “Second Chance Act of 2007”. This was the same bill that the US House ...

Source: NAACP (press release), MD
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03/11/08
Prison Consultants - Second Chance Act Passes Congress!

The Reducing Recidivism and Second Chance Act of 2007 (HR 1593) will help make communities safer and provide housing and rehabilitation to ex-felons. ...

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
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