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ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO TO VISIT BALTIMORE TO DISCUSS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Janet Reno will travel to Baltimore on Monday, September 18, 2000 to participate in a roundtable discussion of Baltimore's Reentry Partnership Initiative. The Attorney General, who will deliver remarks at 9:00 a.m., will be in the Druid Heights section of Baltimore where many of the Initiative's programs are focused.

The Attorney General will announce awards to all 50 states and eligible territories under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners program. This program, which was originally authorized in Crime Act of 1994, provides substance abuse treatment to offenders.

At this event, the Attorney General will also call for full funding of the Administration's $145 million Reentry Initiative for FY2001.

The Attorney General will be joined by Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Stuart Sims, Secretary of Corrections, Congressman Elijah Cummings, and state and local law enforcement and community leaders.

WHEN: Monday, September 18, 2000

9:00 a.m.

WHERE: St. Katherine's Episcopal Church

2001 Division Street

Baltimore, Maryland

NOTE: This information is for planning purposes only and may not be released or distributed. This event is open to the press. For more information, media interested in attending this event can contact Leonard Sipes, Director of Public Information for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services at (410) 339-5081, or by cell phone at (410) 978-6794.

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