Drug Enforcer Sent Back to Prison

Drug enforcer sent back to prison

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

The defense attorney said that while Wells had received drug treatment in the past, he had not had the mental-health treatment he needs. … The only way he can get mental-health treatment is through the supervised-release program, Merchant said. When …
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Inmate deaths across New York linked to medical company

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Joaquin Rodriguez, a 60-year-old with mental and physical ailments, including diabetes, was booked into the Monroe County Jail on July 14, 2009, after his continued drug use resulted in his discharge from a drug court program. According to the review …
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County to pick up cost of drug court monitoring

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

“Drug courts offer drug dependent participants intensive court-supervised drug treatment as an alternative to jail or prison,” the division wrote in its report. “This is accomplished through the coordinated effort of the judiciary, prosecution, legal …
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Drug courts added to prison reform bill

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Tomblin called for sweeping changes in dealing with sentencing and in drug rehabilitation, in an effort to ease overcrowding that has seen some 1,800 state-sentenced inmates still housed within the 10-unit regional jail network. Unless major reforms …
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