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…

Thursday's letters: Drug tests for elected officials

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

We need an enforcement program not unlike those in pro and Olympic sports, where drug users are punished and banned from future participation. … But the true crime is that our justice system is so flawed, the couple responsible only got 20 months in …
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Alpha rehab project gives inmates options

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

How it works: A drug and alcohol treatment program in which inmates spend 120 days in the program, in jail, and about 9 months in outpatient treatment after release. Origin: Established in Roanoke City for male offenders in 1992; began treating women …
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