Justice & Redemption

Published November 9, 2013

Justice & Redemption – Law enforcement officers say that close to 90 percent of the crime that occurs in our communities can be traced to substance abuse. North Carolina’s Drug Tre…

Calif. prison realignment: Some women are serving more time in custody (photos)

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Some, like Riverside, Orange, San Francisco, and Contra Costa, have utilized jail alternatives like residential drug treatment programs or split sentencing, which allows an offender to serve a portion of their time on probation instead of in jail. Los …
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Community groups discuss ways to fight heroin

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Thomas said she has seen an increase in the number of people in her program reporting heroin as their drug of choice. Treatment programs, she said, are a cheaper and more effective way to help addicts versus sending them to jail. However, she told …
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