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House Bill 1087, authored by Rep. Justin Moed, D-Indianapolis, would require the Indiana Department of Correction—with some exceptions—to return offenders to the county where they lived when they were convicted.
“I asked his aunt to adopt him so he has a permanent, good home,” Vanda said. A tent outside an east side Walmart has been Vanda and Terry’s home lately. It's where Diana Walker found them last Thursday night. “It was 11 degrees and I asked her husband ‘Is there anything you need?’ and he said, ‘blankets,’” Walker said. Helping isn’t new to Walker. She runs Dwelling Place Ministries on the east side and often feeds people who are hungry. Some of them are homeless too. It’s an issue that hits close to home. “My brother, he had a mental breakdown and lost his min...