Bob Forrest & MusiCares: Rehab or Jail Time

Bob Forrest & MusiCares: Rehab or Jail Time – https://www.musicares.org/ The threat of serving time in the state penitentiary forced Bob Forrest to face the reality of really needing to detox and get cle…

Plainfield senior housing residents: Bed bug-filled facility is 'run like a …

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"You find yourself fighting every day just to exist, and they put signs around here telling you to treat this like your home. How can you treat it like your home when you're … He also suspects people who travel to senior centers and other facilities …
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Tarrant diversion program gives prostitutes chance to start over

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Women who are accepted into the program are offered the opportunity to address the underlying causes of their drug, mental health and economic issues with long-term therapy and supervision seldom made available in jails, prisons or community treatment …
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Watertown woman sentenced to prison for heroin sale try

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Judge Kim H. Martusewicz mandated that her sentence be served in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If an inmate completes the 90-day program, he or she serves the remainder of his or her sentence under parole supervision. She was …
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New California Prison Plan Would Reform, Not Expand, State's Overcrowded …

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… prison system's admissions rate. The state would boost funding for substance-abuse treatment centers, mental health programs, reentry programs, and other services that have been demonstrated to reduce recidivism, according to the proposal. It would …
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