DA Hynes Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Lighthouse Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program
DA Hynes Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Lighthouse Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program – MANHATTAN BEACH, JUNE 5 – Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Lighthouse Alcoh…
Homelessness expert urges quick action and gets buy-in
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Marbut has studied hundreds of homeless service programs across the nation and created a best-practices model. It says agencies should stop bringing food and clothes to the streets, which Marbut says is enabling. He wants people to engage in a full …
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Norristown man receives prison sentence for role in multi-county drug ring
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The judge said Piccarreta is eligible for the state's Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive program, which allows eligible non-violent offenders to receive reductions of their minimum state prison sentences if they successfully complete all required …
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Obama Administration Pushes Drug Courts
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They were there to talk about drug courts – programs that provide nonviolent drug offenders with treatment instead of a jail sentence. The number of drug courts has exploded in recent years along with rising numbers of drug offenders. In 1989, just one …
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