WSRE | Connecting the Community | Prison Reform

WSRE | Connecting The Community | Prison Reform – Governor Scott is proposing an overhaul of the Florida prison system. His proposed reforms would divert more inmates into treatment and education programs. Guests on the discussion panel include former circuit judge Kim Skievaski, the only person in Northwest Florida who has worked as a prosecutor, judge and defense attorney; Susan Watson, ACLU NW Florida Regional Office Director; Connie Bookman, founder and executive director of Pathways for Change – a long term alcohol and drug treatment program that boasts a 92% success rate; and Dr. Richard Hough, instructor at the UWF department of justice studies.

County jails provide treatment for state prisoners

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This is the Marion County Detention Center, one of 15 county jails that provide substance abuse treatment to Kentucky prisoners. Before 2004, only two county jails had treatment programs and served 45 people. That number grew to 393 by 2007 and is now …
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How to Cut Prison Costs

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

The states have expanded community-based drug treatment programs, improved postprison supervision and retooled parole systems that once shunted people back to jail not for actual crimes but for technical violations that are more cheaply and effectively …
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