The Party of Prison Reform
The Party of Prison Reform
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
In the past few years, he's successfully pushed programs that offer well-behaved offenders the chance to significantly shorten their time under state supervision and that replace potentially long sentences with “swift and certain” stays in prison for …
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Two to prison after failed rehab
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Baker must also serve an additional 30 days in jail, perform 100 hours of community service, complete a substance abuse treatment program, give up his drivers license for six months and pay fees and court costs. A six-month prison sentence was deferred …
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Research looks to keep former prisoners from returning to jail
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
ISU sociology professors David Peters and Andy Hochstetler have found treatment programs designed to reduce Iowa's recidivism rate are working for many former inmates. But, Peters notes the treatment programs in place have proven much more effective …
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Political Blotter: Lawyer says Nadia Lockyer is out of rehab and 'doing just fine'
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
… the influence of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and child abuse and endangerment. Lockyer went into National Therapeutic Services' residential drug-treatment program in Newport Beach on Aug. 31; the program lasts 180 days …
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