Aids Epidemic in Indonesian Jails — 18 April 2008

Published January 15, 2013

Aids epidemic in Indonesian jails — 18 April 2008 – Indonesia’s policy of sending drug users to prisons instead of rehabilitation centres has resulted in about 70 per cent of inmates reportedly dying of AIDS-related illness mainly spread through the sharing of dirty needles by drug users.

Mom suspected of duct-taping child goes to rehab

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

WESTPORT — A Westport woman, accused of duct-taping her child to a chair while she and her boyfriend went into another room to smoke crack, had her bond lowered Tuesday at Norwalk Superior Court and was admitted to a drug rehabilitation program …
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Sentences handed down Friday

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Bobby L. Jones, 22, of Park Hills, was sentenced to seven years in prison for violating the probation he received for second-degree burglary. The judge will consider releasing him on a new term of probation if he completes a 120-day drug treatment program.
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