Drug Courts Give Heroin Users An Alternative To Prison

Drug Courts Give Heroin Users An Alternative To Prison
Immediate punitive sanctions on addicts work according to supporters of drug courts — and the statistics bear it out. Nationally, 75 percent of drug court graduates don't commit any new crimes in the two years following their completion of the program. Read more on Wisconsin Public Radio News

VIDEO: In case you missed it — Dutchess must find answers to the jail conundrum
… leaders said in the Needs Assessment. That could explain why Dutchess' rate for felony probationers committing new crimes rose 5.5 percent from 2002 to 2009, while that rate declined 9.5 percent statewide, according to state Division of Criminal … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal

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