The Residue Years: From Prison to the Pen
The Residue Years: From Prison to the Pen – Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America’s whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the ’90s, those streets and beyond had fallen u…
Housing a must to help women battling opiate addiction, advocates say
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It can take a year or more to find a doctor to prescribe methadone or buprenorphine, drugs that help addicts recover, she said. Bean also said there should be more treatment programs in prison, a service she said didn't exist when she was behind bars.
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Hatboro man charged with endangering dead girlfriend seek reduced bail
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By Carl Hessler Jr. [email protected]. A Hatboro man awaiting trial for allegedly placing his girlfriend in danger of death by providing her heroin wants a judge to reduce his bail so he can be released from jail to enter a drug treatment …
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Thief, probation violator sentenced to CBCF
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A CBCF is a form of prison which focuses on substance abuse treatment and education. Huron County Assistant Prosecutor … The court sentenced Baker to a discretionary 90-day jail sentence on the work release program. Kasper said Baker violated his …
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Expected issues for 2014 Conn. legislative session
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Jobs: The legislature's majority Democrats and Malloy hope to dedicate more money to the state's STEP-Up program, which offers wage subsidies and training grants to employers who hire unemployed workers. — Statewide port authority: Lawmakers are …
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