ACT Prison to Host Controversial Needle Exchange

Published August 15, 2012

ACT prison to host controversial needle exchange

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

ASHLEY HALL: The needle exchange program is just one element of a proposed strategy for blood-borne viruses in the prison, which includes education, screening and vaccinations, access to condoms, and drug treatment programs. KATY GALLAGHER: …
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'Mob Wives' son Anthony (AJ) Donofrio headed to rehab not jail in cocaine rap

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Treatment programs are better aimed at people with little support and low-level charges — not those with financial means who participated in a drug-selling operation, assistant district attorney Jonathan Laskin said. "These people should go to jail …
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Texas prison population shrinks as rehabilitation programs take root

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

So-called "specialty" courts in Austin, Dallas, Houston and other cities now custom-tailor treatment programs for drug offenders, drunk drivers, veterans and prostitutes to push them to turn their lives around without going to prison. ? Parole …
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