Advocates say Minnesota is moving slowly on early release prison program

Criminal justice advocates are frustrated that a law that allows incarcerated people to shorten their sentences in Minnesota is still in its pilot stages two years after it was passed the Sahan Journal reports The Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act is supposed to help people in prison work towards early release but criminal justice advocates say no one s been issued two years after it went into effect According to a declaration issued on July Gov Tim Walz authorized financial assistance to veterans impacted by storms in Beltrami County KARE writes This executive order amends the previously issued declaration of peacetime crisis on June that came in response to the severe weather events MPR News reports legal experts are not sure why Minneapolis leaders are at odds over changes to a police modification agreement In the wake of the Trump administration abandoning a federal police adjustment agreement a debate at Minneapolis City Hall over the best path forward continued in front of the city council Tuesday afternoon Cafe Bar Lurcat a longtime destination near Loring Park in Minneapolis will close at the end of this summer its owners publicized Tuesday WCCO TV reports The restaurant first opened in near the northwestern corner of the park The owners did not promptly give the reason behind their decision other than to note the Lurcat was approaching the expiration of its lease The post Advocates say Minnesota is moving slowly on early release prison effort appeared first on MinnPost