Texas Jury Convicts Man in 1984 Murder of Friend
Texas jury convicts man in 1984 murder of friend
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Ryland Shane Absalon, 45, was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors alleged he stabbed 18-year-old Ginger Hayden more than 50 times in Fort Worth, then confessed two years later during a drug-treatment program.
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Drug-Tampering Nurse Gets Sentencing Hearing
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Parmenter says she was wrongly told she would be eligible for early release after completing a prison treatment program. She later learned that the Bureau of Prisons considers consumer product tampering a "crime of violence" not eligible for time off.
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Mandatory Drug Court to Become the Law in New Jersey
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Among drug offenders who finished a drug court program instead of going to prison, only 16 percent were arrested again in the following three years, and only eight percent were convicted again. In contrast, for those who went the traditional route and …
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Alabama Segregates Prisoners In 'HIV Ghetto': Lawsuit
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… all prisoners with HIV from a host of rehabilitative and vocational programs that ADOC offers to all prisoners who don't have HIV — including trade schools, work release jobs, residential drug-treatment programs for prisoners struggling with …
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GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE CALLS WAR ON DRUGS ‘A FAILURE’ – WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has become the latest leader to condemn the now 40-year-old war on drugs. “The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure,” Christie said Monday during a speech at The Brookings Institution. “We’re warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in New Jersey, giving them no treatment.” Christie stressed the merits of legislation recently passed by New Jersey state lawmakers that institutes a year of mandatory treatment for first-time, nonviolent drug offenders instead of jail time. The mandatory treatment program, slated to be put in place in at least three counties during its first year, will eventually expand statewide over the next five years. Christie, one of the few Republican lawmakers to actively speak out against the effects of America’s drug war policies, sought to put a conservative moral spin on his position. “If you’re pro-life, as I am, you can’t be pro-life just in the womb,” he said. “Every life is precious and every one of God’s creatures can be redeemed, but they won’t if we ignore them.” Perhaps to blunt conservative criticism of the cost of such a program to the state, Christie argued in favor of the economics of drug treatment over incarceration. “It costs us 000 a year to warehouse a prisoner in New Jersey state prisons last year,” Christie said. “A full year of inpatient drug treatment costs 000 a year.” Christie’s strong stance on the war on drugs and drug treatment …
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Regardless of whether #Drug Treatment is received in “prison” or in a “spa” the treatment #programs are similarly Structured. #gethelp – by RoadToRehab (Road To Rehab)