California on Incarcerex: Vote Yes on Prop. 5

Published March 15, 2013

California on Incarcerex: Vote Yes on Prop. 5 – Proposition 5 will cut state costs. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst estimates those savings at .5 billion or more. Prop. 5 safely eases prison overcrow…

Spike in heroin deaths forces city to address problem

Filed under: drug abuse treatment cost analysis program

"Our numbers are significantly up just for this year," explains Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn, "it's a very harsh drug on your system, it's a respiratory depressant, and that's usually how the person dies." Ginn is part of a city-wide task …
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Road to ruin

Filed under: drug abuse treatment cost analysis program

The per-inmate costs were calculated based on the Reporter's analysis of Illinois Department of Corrections' records showing the average time drug offenders serve out of their sentences. The mandatory … The rub, Rodriguez said, is that many of the …
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