Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (05/03/2013)

Published May 3, 2013

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (05/03/2013)

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Colorado's House passed a pretrial diversion program for adults (HB 1156) and a bill to reduce the punishment for theft (HB 1160); both bills are now before the Senate. For more … West Virginia enacted SB 371, which will increase post-release …
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Youth Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers Push for Higher Reimbursement Rates

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North is asking the state to raise its reimbursement rate to $ 340 per night, which she says is the cost to provide effective treatment to dual diagnosis adolescents (that is, youth who have both a substance abuse diagnosis and a mental health diagnosis).
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Probation arms more of its officers to cope with realignment

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… of them support realignment, which not only emphasized probation but also funded community-based organizations that provide housing, job training, education, counseling and treatment programs for mental illness, substance abuse and other problems.
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