True Identity — a Spiritual Way Out of Prison

Published February 10, 2014

True identity — A spiritual way out of prison – Laura Lapointe has a long cherished desire to reach out to people behind bars to help them. To help them in a way that education and social services may not …

State prison for man judge calls “a thief and a drug user”

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

LOCKPORT – Jonathan M. Grant, who used five to 10 bags of heroin a day before his arrest on charges of stealing $ 6,290 from his step-parents and another woman, was sentenced to the state prison system's drug treatment facility Wednesday. “You are a …
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Former Nyack psychiatrist gets probation for selling oxy scripts

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

A psychiatrist once associated with the Nyack Hospital drug-treatment program has been sentenced to probation, community service and fined $ 5,000 for selling drug prescriptions worth millions of dollars. Dr. David Brizer, 60, received the non-jail …
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