Departments Given Incentive to Keep Probation Violators Out of Prison

Departments given incentive to keep probation violators out of prison

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Licking County probation departments received $ 424,052 this past spring and could receive up to $ 115,443 more for keeping people sentenced to probation out of prison when they test positive for drugs or don't show up for meetings with their probation …
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Much more rides on Prop. 30 than schools

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

30, which ensures that future lawmakers and governors cannot touch the approximately $ 6 billion a year that the state is already giving to counties to run jails, probation departments and rehabilitation services. If Prop. 30 were to fail, said Marin …
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