WSRE | Connecting the Community | Prison Reform

WSRE | Connecting The Community | Prison Reform – Governor Scott is proposing an overhaul of the Florida prison system. His proposed reforms would divert more inmates into treatment and education programs. Guests on the discussion panel include former circuit judge Kim Skievaski, the only person in Northwest Florida who has worked as a prosecutor, judge and defense attorney; Susan Watson, ACLU NW Florida Regional Office Director; Connie Bookman, founder and executive director of Pathways for Change – a long term alcohol and drug treatment program that boasts a 92% success rate; and Dr. Richard Hough, instructor at the UWF department of justice studies.

Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options

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Following an arrest due to drug charges, Crouch spent time in jail waiting to get in to a rehab and two more weeks following her release on Sept. 1, 2012. 'I wish I could have went in right after I was arrested. It would have been …. “Despite a …
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Hospers Woman Ordered To Complete Drug Court Program For Possessing …

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Drug Court is a special court given responsibility to handle cases involving substance-abusing offenders through comprehensive supervision, drug testing, treatment services and immediate sanctions and incentives. Drug Court offers individuals facing …
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Judge orders drug treatment for mom who left baby in box

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Crawley, 34, a confessed crack cocaine addict, will be immediately paroled to the New Directions drug rehabilitation program for 11 1/2to 23 months followed by having to report to a probation officer for seven years, Common Pleas Judge Alice Beck Debow …
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