These New Yorkers Went to Prison Over and Over. Then This Thing Happened.
These New Yorkers went to prison over and over. Then this thing happened. – New York State is paying top dollar to imprison people suffering from addiction and mental illness. Is that the best use of taxpayer money? Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI), involving programs like drug treatment and intensive counseling, are both cheaper and more effective at stopping the cycle of crime. Putting ATI in the Governor’s Executive Budget would provide a sustained, stable funding stream to maximize the impact of these cost-effective programs. This video was made in partnership with the ATI-Reentry Coalition of New York.
Greece First in Opiate Addiction Care
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Greece has the highest respondents' sample, and also has high rates of informing patients about the types and treatment programs of drug addiction. According to “Europad organization”, Opioid-dependence treatment varies between countries despite the …
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Man gets jail for shopping spree
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16 and life to go
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When a prison administrator interviewed lifers to work in the drug treatment program, Hernandez stood out as the one who would not make excuses for her crime. "She never even mentioned a co-defendant. … It struck me at the time that she, in no way …
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