New state bill would allow inmates to be jailed near their kids
(World News USA)

ALBANY - State prison inmates may finally be guaranteed placement near their kids, thanks to the Democratic-controlled legislature installed a few months ago. A revived Assembly bill calling for the measure is expected to move out of committee Tuesday. And a similar one has already made it out of Senate committee - a first. `I rushed it,` Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Queens) told The Post of the committee bill she sponsored. `This is the first year that we can get some traction, and I think when you´re talking about [lower] recidivism and full re-item [into society], there´s a bipartisan thought process, and it´s...