Alternative Sentencing Program for Incarcerated Mothers

Published December 28, 2012

Alternative Sentencing Program for Incarcerated Mothers – Chicago, IL: An addicted mother describes being sentenced to a family-based treatment program instead of prison.

Dirty medical needles infect thousands across nation

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Since 2001, more than 150,000 patients nationwide have been victims of unsafe injection practices, and two-thirds of those risky shots were administered in just the past four years, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
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New Illinois Laws for 2013

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

First?Time Offenders (SB 3423/PA 97?889): It's no longer just pot smokers let off the hook for minor drug offenses. Now first-time offenders caught with 15 grams (or less) of methamphetamine get treatment in a drug abuse program instead of a prison term.
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