No Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Drugs Holders?

Published August 26, 2013

No Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Drugs Holders? – The Justice Department is planning to alter its policy on charging some drug offenders so that they will no longer face mandatory minimum prison sentences, a…

County DA supports call for drug law reform

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he agrees with Holder and his ultimate goal — shrinking the country's prison population and keeping communities together by reducing the number of non-violent addicts in American prisons. … "Being …
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War On Drugs Failure Gives Way To Treatment In States, Cities

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

In Texas, legislators have sharply increased investments in treatment programs and in drug courts -– specialized judicial systems whose judges can order drug offenders to undergo treatment as an alternative to jail. In California, where the prisons are …
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