Drug Court: Breaking the Bonds of Abuse

Drug Court: Breaking the bonds of abuse

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Lanks, 37, has been sober for a year after enrolling in Knox County Drug Court, a program focused on diverting non-violent drug offenders from prison sentences and providing intense treatment and probation services geared toward treating their addiction.
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Colorado prison chief Tom Clements pushed reforms before his killing

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

During his two years as executive director of Colorado's Department of Corrections, Tom Clements pushed a series of reforms, ranging from closure of two Colorado prisons to backing lowering felony drug sentences to pay for more drug treatment programs.
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Senate unanimously passes prison reform bill

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The bill would create early, supervised releases for nonviolent offenders, shorten sentences for probation violators and allow judges to sentence certain offenders to drug treatment programs instead of jail. Violent offenders who do not receive …
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