These New Yorkers Went to Prison Over and Over. Then This Thing Happened.
These New Yorkers went to prison over and over. Then this thing happened. – New York State is paying top dollar to imprison people suffering from addiction and mental illness. Is that the best use of taxpayer money? Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI), involving programs like drug treatment and intensive counseling, are both cheaper and more effective at stopping the cycle of crime. Putting ATI in the Governor’s Executive Budget would provide a sustained, stable funding stream to maximize the impact of these cost-effective programs. This video was made in partnership with the ATI-Reentry Coalition of New York.
The following defendants were sentenced in Tehama County Superior Court …
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She violated her probation when she failed to complete her community service and was terminated from her drug and alcohol treatment program. – Gerald Frank Roehrich was sentenced to 16 months in state prison for attempted unlawful driving or taking of …
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LEAD program turns drug bust into help, not jail
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… shifts each month when Yoon, Kraus and Sgt. Ryan Long can divert addicts and low-level dealers into an innovative program that represents a radical departure from the long prison sentences and court-ordered drug-treatment programs of the past 20 …
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Lower Re-Offense Rates for Drug Court Program
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"They [offenders] go to jail or prison, they come back, they re-offend because they still have the addiction issue," said Josephine County Public Defender, Joe Maier. He said the program admits people who have some sort of drug related offense …
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