State Lawmakers Urged to Put More Money Toward Prison Alternatives
State Lawmakers Urged to Put More Money Toward Prison Alternatives
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Yamahiro supports efforts to put an additional $ 75 million per year into the state budget to establish more drug courts and other alternative programs. “If we just put the person in jail, we don't give them the proper treatment, we return them to the …
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Released inmates in need of housing, drug treatment
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
COAST CITIES — Offenders released from state prisons to the supervision of San Diego County's Probation Department are in considerable need of housing and drug treatment according to initial findings from the county's new Community Transition Center …
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Ex-drug treatment manager pleads guilty to attempted child molestation
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
David Scratchley, the former manager of a Seattle drug-treatment center who was once considered a local expert on addiction, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted first-degree child molestation and possession of cocaine, admitting he planned to sexually …
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