Drug Treatment Is Better Than Jail

Published February 22, 2013

Drug Treatment is Better than Jail – Dr. Sack tells us why treating addicts is better than just sending them to jail. If you are concerned that you or a loved one may be abusing drugs or alcohol, please call (800) 914-6775 to learn more about the drug and alcohol recovery programs available at the Elements family of treatment centers.

Jindal seeks reforms for juvenile justice, prisons

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Discharging them on supervised release would "free up space to lock up people who ought to be in prison." Jindal estimated that about 500 inmates a year could be diverted from prison to drug treatment programs, which he says could save "a couple …
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Mayor Pitches Program To Prevent Inmate Returns To Rikers Island

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The number of prisoners on Rikers Island continues to fall, but the same people keep being sent back, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new program Thursday designed to prevent some of those returns. NY1's Courtney Gross filed the following …
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