Proposition 36 in Drug Cases: How It Works


 

Proposition 36 in Drug Cases: How it Works – More info at http://www.shouselaw.com/proposition-36.html In California law, Proposition 36 is a program that allows people convicted of certain nonviolent d…

 

W.Va. prison overcrowding bill invests in drug treatment, supervision after

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

“To reduce recidivism, the bill provides for increased supervision for prisoners when they are released. More importantly the new law will provide for an increase and much needed improvements in substance abuse treatment programs for those in the …
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Former Essentia nurse jailed after being kicked out of offender program

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Because nurse practitioner Jill Renee Karkoska had no prior criminal record, had sought treatment and was deemed amenable to probation, she escaped an 86-month guideline prison sentence after illegally providing 11,807 pain pills to nine people …
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