Departments Given Incentive to Keep Probation Violators Out of Prison

Departments given incentive to keep probation violators out of prison

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Licking County probation departments received $ 424,052 this past spring and could receive up to $ 115,443 more for keeping people sentenced to probation out of prison when they test positive for drugs or don't show up for meetings with their probation …
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Prescription drug overdoses fall in Florida

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Rick Scott created strike force teams, partly funded by a federal grant, to target prescription-drug dealers in "pill mills," amid reports that Florida doctors prescribed more oxycodone than any other state. That spring, lawmakers also passed a …
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Ginnie Graham: Volunteer's work helps inmates get college education

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

… college education. Suzanne Edmondson: She founded the Friends of Eddie Warrior nonprofit organization, which provides funding for the female prison's inmates to take college classes. … It's been particularly tough on women, with the state holding …
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