Sentence Credit Program News Today

Area leaders hope to implement a plan this summer that will help recently released inmates and parolees successfully reenter society and avoid re-incarceration. The Criminal Justice Reform task force for Planning District 16—which includes Fredericksburg and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and King George—was assembled in the fall and has been meeting monthly since November. President Joe Biden on March 31 signed a proclamation declaring April “Second Chance Mont...