Jail Alternatives in Riverside County

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Harsh sentences for minor drug crimes need rethinking

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Attorney General Eric Holder is pushing to divert people convicted of low-level offenses into drug treatment and community service programs. This pragmatic approach … According to AP, federal prisons are nearly 40 percent above capacity. Almost half …
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Woman pleads guilty to drug sale, enters treatment program

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. admitted her to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment. If Fogarty succeeds in treatment, her charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor with a probation sentence. But if she fails in the program …
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Voice of The Southern: Time to make changes in fight against drugs

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He called for less severe penalties for certain drug offenses, diversion of low-level drug offenders to treatment programs and community service work and changes in the mandatory minimum prison sentences federal judges are compelled to impose.
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