Mandatory Sentences Filling Jails

Published March 24, 2013

Mandatory sentences filling jails

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

… prisons up until last year caused the Legislature to pass a "justice reinvestment" package that is intended to send money saved at the state prison level to counties for preventive programs such as drug and alcohol treatment and increased probation …
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Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Even law-and-order states like Texas, which cut its imprisonment rate by 7 percent, have discovered that they can shrink the prison population without threatening public safety. Investing heavily in drug treatment and community supervision, Texas has …
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Meth scourge is growing

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

To help get the word out on what he sees as a growing contagion, Hourigan has directed Wayne Kowal, his training-program coordinator, to compile a bulletin for local police. … "When I was addicted, five or six years ago, I had to search far and wide …
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Drug users 'dry tinder' for tuberculosis

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Dr Story runs a program in Britain to treat TB in vulnerable populations such as the homeless, drug and alcohol users and prisoners. He is in Darwin for a meeting of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Incoming president of the society, …
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