Dallas County's DIVERT program provides intense supervision in substance …
Dallas County's DIVERT program provides intense supervision in substance …
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… medal at the Frank Crowley Courts Building last month for graduating from the Dallas DIVERT drug court. The program has gained national acclaim for helping divert people with minor drug offenses away from prison and is nearing its 15th anniversary.
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Cory Booker calls for prison reform, decriminalizing marijuana on anniversary …
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Booker laid out a plan to provide more drug treatment, end mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders, decriminalize marijuana, increase funding for prisoner re-entry programs, and bring an end to for-profit, private prisons. He also …
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Peru the global leader in dollar counterfeiting
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More law enforcers treating homegrown prostitution as human sex traffickingMore >>. Who's a victim? More law enforcers … Peru became more attractive to counterfeiters as Washington's decade-long Plan Colombia program tightened the screws not just on …
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Audit: Oregon could save millions by ensuring ex-offenders get drug treatment
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Secretary of State auditors estimate if all high-risk offenders in Oregon received drug treatment, state programs and crime victims would have saved $ 21.6 million between 2008 and 2011. The audit found help for county budgets, too, suggesting that …
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