Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011

Summary

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by the Second Chance Act of 2007, to revise and reauthorize through FY2016 grant programs for: (1) state and local adult and juvenile offender reentry projects; (2) effective alternatives to incarceration; (3) family-based substance abuse treatment; (4) evaluation and improvement of educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (5) technology careers training; (6) offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration; and (7) nonprofit organization mentoring programs. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to audit not less than 5% of all grantees awarded grants under reentry and drug treatment programs of the Second Chance Act of 2007. Prohibits grantees who are found by an audit to have made unauthorized expenditures from receiving future funding for a specified period of time. Repeals provisions of the Second Chance Act of 2007 authorizing: (1) the program for responsible reintegration of offenders, (2) the study of the effectiveness of depot naltrexone for heroin addiction, and (3) the Federal Remote Satellite and Reentry Training (ReStart) program. Extends through FY2016 the program under such Act for the reentry of elderly nonviolent offenders into their communities and reduces the eligibility age for such program from 65 to 60. Awards credits against the sentences of prisoners who participate in reentry programs demonstrated to reduce recidivism.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 21 July 2011

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 21 July 2011

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 21 July 2011

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 June 2011

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 June 2011

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• Introduced in Senate

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