Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

Published April 2, 2013

Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas

Investing heavily in drug treatment and community supervision, Texas has avoided nearly $ 2 billion in spending on new prisons, while the crime rate has dropped to levels unseen since the 1960s. … The Council of State Governments Justice Center, a …
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Texas sex offenders in sight of rare policy win

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas

… to help a man who fell off a platform.More >>. A recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who was hailed as a hero for jumping onto subway tracks to rescue a man who walked off a platform deflected the praise Friday by saying he was just doing …
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100 Great Hospitals

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas

In 1903, Baylor University Medical Center — then known as Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium — began serving Dallas-area patients in a 14-room renovated house. Today, the academic medical center has 1,065 licensed beds through six …… heart …
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