Proposition 36: How It Works
Proposition 36: How it Works – www.shouselaw.com 888.327.4652 CA defense lawyers explain Proposition (Prop) 36: who qualifies, how the drug diversion treatment program works. Proposition 36…more commonly referred to as “Prop. 36″…is a criminal sentencing initiative that was passed by California voters on November 7, 2000. Prop. 36 requires that eligible non-violent drug offenders serve their time in a drug treatment program instead of in jail or prison. Proposition 36…which is defined in Penal Code sections 1210-1210.1 PC and in 3063.1 (as it relates to people on parole)…is one type of California drug diversion. “Drug diversion” typically refers to the practice of allowing eligible defendants to have their criminal charges/conviction dismissed if they successfully complete a court-approved drug treatment program. A court approved “drug treatment program” refers to a treatment program that includes one or more of the following: drug education, outpatient services or residential treatment, detoxification services or narcotic replacement therapy, or aftercare services. It does not refer to the drug rehabilitation programs that are offered in a prison or jail facility. Specifically, Prop. 36 changed California law to require that first and second-time defendants who have been convicted of nonviolent drug possession offenses receive up to twelve months of substance abuse treatment in lieu of incarceration. This period may be extended by up to two more six-month periods if necessary. Proposition 36 …
Rehab or jail: Drug-addicts to have choice
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Prosecution of individuals who appear in public while being intoxicated is common in Europe and the US, the anti-drugs chief said. Experience shows that when an addict must decide between prison and rehabilitation, 100 per cent go for the treatment.
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First defendant in Grand Forks synthetic drug case sentenced
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Fox told Erickson he has had a lifetime of abusing alcohol and drugs and wants to get his life straight during his prison term, including going through treatment programs that could shorten his sentence. Fox faced a drug conspiracy charge with a …
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Community corrections center Renewal steers ex-convicts to homes, jobs
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
The law expands eligibility for nonviolent drug offenders who need treatment to enter community corrections centers, and sends nonviolent parole violators to the centers rather than prisons. It also bans people convicted of some misdemeanors from being …
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Burglary, drug defendants sentenced
Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison
Burglary, drug crimes and criminal threatening top the list of cases recently resolved in Cheshire County Superior Court. They include: u Jared Lafreniere … On the second count, he was sentenced to a consecutive sentence of two to four years in state …
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