Need for Prison Needle Exchange – ABC TV
Need For Prison Needle Exchange – ABC TV – ABC TV news program discusses the need for needle exchange programs in Australian prisons and the potential for a trial beginning in Canberra’s Alaxander Mac…
Audit: Oregon could save millions by ensuring ex-offenders get drug treatment
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Secretary of State auditors estimate if all high-risk offenders in Oregon received drug treatment, state programs and crime victims would have saved $ 21.6 million between 2008 and 2011. The audit found help for county budgets, too, suggesting that …
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Remember When Shannen Doherty Was On 'Little House On The Prairie'?
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
With a plea deal it is agreed that Lindsay will spend one day in jail, serve 10 days of community service and complete a drug-treatment program. She was also given 36 months of probation and had to complete an 18-month alcohol education program.
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California Governor Proposes Prison Fix
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Brown, noting the court's expressed desire for a "durable" solution, said state and local authorities later will consider longer-term solutions that could include alternatives such as more community-based treatment programs and sentencing reforms, but …
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