Prison vs. Treatment for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Prison vs. Treatment for Nonviolent Drug Offenders – DFNM Democratic Lt Gov Candidate Debate, UNM Law School, Albuquerque NM, March 6, 2010.

Rocky Mount man to serve 3 years for selling drugs

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In addition to the prison time, Leftwich was sentenced last week to four years probation and ordered to be of good behavior for 16 years. He was also ordered to complete a drug treatment program while he is incarcerated. Judge W.N. Alexander II also …
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EDT

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In remarks prepared for delivery to the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Holder also favors diverting people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment and community service programs and expanding a prison program to allow for release …
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Treatment vs. incarceration

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Governments at all levels should address the problem by establishing and requiring participation of drug-dependent persons in addiction treatment programs, either during imprisonment or in lieu thereof. Even prisoners who have been convicted of violent …
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