Jail Program Helping Rehab Repeat Offenders

Jail program helping rehab repeat offenders – The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is trying to reduce overcrowding in the county jail by helping inmates kick their drug habits and finding them new jobs. …

VW man given prison on sex charge

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She then requested, and was granted, treatment in lieu of conviction, and her sentenced stayed until she successfully completes a substance abuse treatment program. Ryan Miller, 23, of Van Wert, changed his plea to two counts of theft, and one count …
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Quinn defends prisons after early release inmate charged with murder

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The program Jones was released under is known as the "supplemental sentence credit," which allows inmates in jail on non-violent convictions to be released up to six months early by earning credit for things such as completing drug treatment classes.
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California Prison Policy Bucks National Push For Sentencing Reform

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A far better response, they argue, would be to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenses and to provide more funding for alternatives to incarceration, like drug treatment and reentry programs. "He's not tackling sentencing reform in any meaningful …
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