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Lessons From the States: Reducing Recidivism and Curbing Corrections Costs

Lessons from the States: Reducing Recidivism and Curbing Corrections Costs

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Additionally, analyzing the need for, and access to, various services (including substance abuse and mental health treatment programs and resources critical to reducing recidivism ensures that services are deployed where they are most needed. To have a …
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Michigan moving closer to drug testing welfare recipients

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Do Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Really Work?

Question by ciana db: Do substance abuse treatment programs really work?
I have pretty much lived a sheltered life. I have an acquaintance who is going to undergo substance abuse treatment and I was just wondering whether such programs are effective.

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Speed Cameras Could Fund Alternative Correctional Program

Speed cameras could fund alternative correctional program

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Mullendore, a “firm believer” in the day reporting program, said it would allow the county to educate and treat people with drug and alcohol problems, which are a direct link to burglaries and other crime in recent years. He said that the detention …
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Welfare recipient drug testing clears Indiana Senate

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After Conn. Massacre, Ga. Debates Relaxing Gun Laws for People Suffering From

After Conn. massacre, Ga. debates relaxing gun laws for people suffering from

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Judges in Georgia now have discretion over whether to grant a license to carry a weapon to anyone who has received inpatient treatment at a mental hospital or substance abuse treatment center in the last five years, whether it's voluntary or not.
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Crews, Olin families persevering 20 years later

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House Again Seeks Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients

House Again Seeks Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients

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For the second straight year, the Indiana House has voted to require welfare recipients to face drug testing. This year's bill would not automatically cut off benefits to those who flunk. Instead, they'd have to enter a treatment program in order to …
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Texas mental health care funding has stagnated, even as calls to boost efforts

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