Gonsalves: Tackling a Problem the Size of Texas

Gonsalves: Tackling a problem the size of Texas
… the Commonwealth in the direction of his former home state of Texas, hoping to corral his colleagues on Beacon Hill to reform sentencing laws so that drug addicts ensnared in the criminal justice system are diverted to treatment programs instead of … Read more on Capecodonline

New law lets some three-strikers out
She said many had taken advantage of educational and job training programs offered in prison, factors that the judges viewed favorably. One inmate, she said, became a certified drug treatment counselor while he was incarcerated. Another learned to … Read more on U-T San Diego

Salem man pleads guilty to burglary and safecracking charges
… apologized for trouble he may have caused his family, his friends and even time he has taken from the court. He asked Judge C. Ashley Pike to consider mandating a drug treatment program for him and offered he would like to work with "wayward youths … Read more on The Review

Dave McNeely: Holder on right track on prisons
As for drugs, an increasing number of folks on the right are beginning to agree with those on the left: Relying on criminal punishment for drugs, rather than treatment as a first option, mostly keeps drug prices up, which in turn provides the incentive … Read more on ReporterNews.com

Proposition 36 in Drug Cases: How it Works
More info at http://www.shouselaw.com/proposition-36.html In California law, Proposition 36 is a program that allows people convicted of certain nonviolent d…