In Oklahoma, an alternative to prison for nonviolent women
Filed under: drug treatment program statistics
The female incarceration rate in Oklahoma stands at 121 per 100,000 population, compared with a national average of 65, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Oklahoma's high female incarceration rate is related to strict mandatory minimum …
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ROP planning new construction project
Filed under: drug treatment program statistics
Being new as the ROP Program Director, Isaacs said the facility is moving toward more of a treatment facility, but in terms of therapeutic behavior, not mental health. “When you look at statistics from the federal government, 50 to 75 percent of …
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Supreme Controversy
Filed under: drug treatment program statistics
Other threatened cuts include: Head Start and Early Head Start, Social Services, Senior Nutrition Programs, Maternal and Child Healthcare, and Substance Abuse Treatment/Prevention. In a Washington Post article on February 27, 2013, entitled “4 …
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Horse slaughter issue revving up again in United States
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But if Congress reinstates the ban, something must be done to encourage better treatment of at-risk horses. “Part of the problem with not having the horse slaughter processing operation is that people are abandoning these horses and they are being …
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