Inmate gets more time for escape
While Gilliam was being held in the York County Jail on drug charges, pending sentencing, he was allowed to leave jail to undergo inpatient drug treatment. He was warned not to leave treatment and that he was still in custody because he was not out on …
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Mother believes rehab centres are failing to meet needs | Bermuda News
Bermuda's rehabilitation centres aren't meeting the needs of the Island's drug users, says the mother of a young addict who died recently. Lynn Spencer had no idea where to … Her son had to wait a long time before he was accepted into the drug …
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2012: The Year in Almosts, Not-Quites, and Nearly-Theres
He grounded his explanation in the logic of economics as much as morality. “It costs us $ 49,000 a year to warehouse a prisoner in New Jersey state prisons last year,” he explained to the crowd. “A full year of inpatient drug treatment costs $ 24,000 a …
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