Jail Program Helping Rehab Repeat Offenders

Jail program helping rehab repeat offenders – The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is trying to reduce overcrowding in the county jail by helping inmates kick their drug habits and finding them new jobs. …

Rush Lake burglar sentenced

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One of the conditions of sentencing was that Kampa enter into an out-patient treatment program for chemical use. … “Treatment is what you need. With your record, if you return to using… it will be difficult not to send you to prison right away …
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Witnesses blame Franconia doctor for their drug addictions

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O'Brien said she last visited Dr. Ruth on June 30, 2011, telling both Ruths she was slated to begin a jail sentence and needed a prescription for oxycodone in order to sell the pills so that she would have money while she was behind bars. She also …
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Commissioners see highest jail bill since January

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The adult drug courts to which Tenney was referring are court programs that aim to reduce recidivism and substance abuse among offenders and to increase the chances of a successful rehabilitation via "early, continuous and intense treatment; mandatory …
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