Senate Democrats Clash With California Governor on Plan to Avoid 10000 Early …

Senate Democrats clash with California governor on plan to avoid 10000 early …

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Better to spend the money on mental health and drug treatment, education and job training, and programs that would help prevent parolees from committing new crimes, he said. It would take years to see the results of those efforts, Leno acknowledged …
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Court says atheist was wrongly jailed over religious rehab

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An atheist parolee should be compensated by California after the state returned him to prison for refusing to participate in a religiously-oriented rehabilitation program, a federal court ruled Aug. 23. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court …
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Senate Democratic leaders object to governor's prison plan

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The Senate leader has previously said he would not support a plan that only expands prison space without also providing more money for mental health and drug treatment programs that can reduce the number of parolees who return to prison. Steinberg …
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Marijuana Legalization and Drug Abuse: Cannabis Most Commonly Used Illegal …

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Marijuana has medical benefits, causing it to be legalized medically in some 20 U.S. states, including California, Alaska, Oregon and New Mexico. … "The enormous savings in the criminal justice system could be used to fund addiction treatment programs.".
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