Watch Attorney General Eric Holder Announce Major Changes to Criminal Justice System – Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Justice Department’s plan to no longer pursue mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders. H…

Changing drug policy?

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Local drug courts already have addressed some of the issues Holder would like to see changed through drug treatment programs, though some mandatory sentences on the state level remain. State District Judge Gerard Wattigny said state judges also should …
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Holder Announces 'Smart on Crime' Initiative, Calls For Drug Sentencing and …

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Programs that help prevent recidivism as well as drug treatment programs will help strengthen our communities and prevent people from unnecessarily being sentenced to prison. It is about time something like this is happening. Eric L. Welch Guster is …
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Smuggler who swallowed 88 cocaine pellets sentenced to prison

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The judge recommended he take part in a substance abuse treatment program in prison that could shave some time off his sentence. Mosch told authorities he had been addicted since 1968, when a drill sergeant gave him cocaine to help him stay awake on …
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