Prison Inmates Graduate From Drug Recovery Program

Prison Inmates Graduate From Drug Recovery Program – Inmates at a Belle Glade prison get diplomas for successfully completing a drug recovery program.

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Rather than jail or prison, drug court participants – or those who are high-risk, high-need, recidivist offenders – take an intensive path of personalized addiction treatment. The program has 53 participants, 40 of which are heroin addicts, said Scott …
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Diversion Programs Offer Youth a Second Chance

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That program runs 90 days and includes drug treatment. Bernstein said he was particularly proud of their diversion program for teen girls and women charged with prostitution and solicitation. Such offenders “are likely not doing this by choice,” he …
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