Safe Families Measure Passes House

Legislation encouraging faith-based groups and other volunteer organizations to take a stronger role in rehabilitating Oklahoma inmates passed a vote of the House of Representatives Monday with broad bipartisan support.

House Bill 2101, the Transformational Justice Act, authored by House Speaker Lance Cargill, would encourage state prisons to partner with faith-based, community and voluntary organizations to help inmates rejoin society and reduce the rate of repeat offenders.

The measure, which is part of the Safe Families Platform of the 2007 House Republican Year of Ideas Agenda, received a vote of approval from the House by a vote of 95 to 1.

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