Jubinville: Judges must understand drug abuse
Recently, the state Department of Correction reported that just 972 inmates completed a substance abuse program out of a total prison population of 11,400. As a recently elected Governor's Councillor, I have, and will continue to, use my vote to insist …
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Ministries help recent inmates, recovering drug addicts
Butts said the vision for a center to help other men struggling came to him in 2001 and in 2005 that dream became a reality when he started Freedom House Discipleship, a 12-month program for men coming out of prison or battling addiction. Butts, a …
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Sylvester Outley, 87, founder of Philadelphia drug addiction and homeless …
SYLVESTER OUTLEY graced his adopted city of Philadelphia with 30 years of service to the homeless and drug-addicted, saving thousands of souls, but in his youth he had another title: one of Texas' 10 most-wanted criminals. A wild kid … It became a …
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