In Oklahoma, an Alternative to Prison for Nonviolent Women

In Oklahoma, an alternative to prison for nonviolent women

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Four women who completed an intense rehabilitation program were handed dismissal papers from the Oklahoma County district attorney that dropped the criminal charges that normally would have sent them to the penitentiary. … Oklahoma's high female …
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Massachusetts gambling addiction programs struggle to prepare for increase in …

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Their new challenge comes amid budget cuts and years of being underfunded, treatment advocates contend, and a review by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting finds. Massachusetts is committed on paper to spend millions on problem gambling …
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Editorial: Prison is no cure for addiction

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There are just 90 beds at the Women's Addiction Treatment Center in New Bedford, so the overflow goes to MCI Framingham. The number of annual Section 35 admissions at Framingham has more than doubled over the past five years, from 148 in 2008 to …
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