public safety

Senate President Pro Tem Perata’s Prison Reform Floor Speech


 

Senate President Pro Tem Perata’s prison reform floor speech – For more, visit http://www.sen.ca.gov/perata) The Senate passed legislation today to increase prison beds, expand treatment programs for inmates and parolee…

 

Public Safety for Metro Guide 2014

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

The Albany police department has an authorized strength of 212 officers, including nine grant officers, who provide a full range of police services within the city including calls for service responses, the Gang Task Force, Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit …
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Man charged with using fake urine at drug screen

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Senich was sentenced to an 80-day term in the Huron County Jail on the work release program. Conway had ruled the defendant would be … A CBCF is a form of prison which focuses on substance abuse treatment and education. As part of his three years of …
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Former police chief sentenced to prison

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Roberts will have three years of supervised probation after his release from prison, at which he is to self report within 60 days. His electronic monitoring will be removed and he will continue in the drug addiction treatment program he has been …
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Michael Douglas blasts the US penal system at the Emmys. He's exactly right

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

This, apparently, is what passes for drug treatment in the US federal prison system. As treatment programs go, it's not just inhumane, but is also an outrageous waste of taxpayer dollars. Jesse Lava, campaign director for Beyond Bars, a prison reform …
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