Being Smart on Crime Is Being Tough on Crime

Published February 2, 2013

Being smart on crime is being tough on crime

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Texas

As the American-Statesman's Mike Ward reported last week, Hammond said he will push to change the state's drug laws to divert low-level offenders into local treatment programs and reduce penalties for small amounts of drugs. Hammond, a former …
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Johnny Cash and his prison reform campaign

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Texas

He played his first prison concert in 1957 at the Huntsville State Prison in Texas. Many more … The album cemented Cash's outlaw image and reignited his career, which had been floundering in the mid-60s as he battled drug addiction. Columbia … Cash …
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TAB looks to ease prison expenses

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Texas

The TAB contends the number of inmates in Texas prisons has become too big an expense and is hurting the state's economy. The group plans to lobby lawmakers to change laws to put nonviolent lawbreakers on probation or in treatment and rehabilitation …
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