Treatment, Not Jail, for Drug Users

Published January 15, 2013

Treatment, not jail, for drug users

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Junior Attorney General for Supervision Marwan Effendy said the law required drug addicts and drug users to be sent to rehabilitation centers for medical treatment instead of being sent to jail. “This is different from Law No. 22/1997 on narcotics …
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Drug Court program stressing community service over jail time

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

The amount of time drug court clients have spent in jail for so-called “sanctions” in the program has declined by more than half, from 1,099 days in 2011 to 496 days last year, Garvin said. The change is part of a larger emphasis on community service …
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