State Legislation
(SC) S.B. 182
Encouraging Private-Sector Businesses to Employ Inmates
Encouraging Private-Sector Businesses to Employ Inmates This law requires the Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Department of Commerce, to develop and maintain a marketing plan to attract private-sector service businesses for the employment of individuals who are incarcerated through the prison industries program.Learn more at
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/182.htm
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How and Why Medicaid Matters for People with Serious Mental Illness Released from Jail
Hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness are released from jail each year. Without continuity of care, they are likely to be reincarcerated. Enrollment in Medicaid increases access to treatment for people with mental illness released from jail, who typically lack other means to pay for those services.