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WV Legislative Interims: Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority discusses Nonviolent Offense Parole program

WV Press Staff Report

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature’s Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, on Sunday, discussed the Nonviolent Offense Parole program, as well as the implementation of HB 3078 – which relates to the responsibilities of the Parole Board – with Division of Corrections Deputy Commissioner Paul Simmons. 

“Our (Department of Corrections) mission is to advance public safety, promote offender accountability, and successfully reintegrate offenders back into society,”…