Job Readiness
Volunteer Re-Sentencing Efforts for those Most Effected by Rockefeller Drug Law Reform: There's Still Much To Do
NEW YORK CITY ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAW RESENTENCINGS URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEER MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT PROFESSIONALS
September 15, 2009
* Volunteer Contact: Shreya Mandal, JD, LMSW, Mitigation Specialist, The Legal Aid Society *Phone: (212) 577-3664* E-mail: SJMandal@legal-aid.org
Approximately 700 people are expected to be re-sentenced under the most recent Rockefeller Drug Law Reform, allowing them to return to New York City. But first, much work must be done to ensure that former prisoners qualify for early release and comprehensive reentry planning. Public Defenders and private lawyers are responsible for filing timely re-sentencing petitions to the courts. We anticipate this process to start in early October.
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The Need for Mitigation Assessment
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- Collateral Immigration Consequences
- Community Re-Entry
- Drug Treatment
- Education
- Employment
- Housing Re-Entry
- Job Readiness
- Mental Health
- Public Benefits and Entitlements
- Rockefeller Drug Laws
- Sentence Mitigation
- Sentencing Reform
- Social Work
- Drug Policy Alliance
- New York
- New York City
- Shreya Mandal
- The Legal Aid Society of New York
- United States
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