Sacramento County Supervisors to Consider Funding Rehabilitation Program for …

Sacramento County supervisors to consider funding rehabilitation program for …

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

A year-old rehabilitation program for ex-convicts could get its first funding from Sacramento County, which has been criticized for not spending enough on such efforts. The Board of Supervisors will be asked today to approve a contract of as … It …
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Report: State should stop diverting money from crime-victims fund

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

It has been funded mainly through fines and court fees paid by lawbreakers across Texas — and reached its high point in 2005, when crime victims were paid $ 85 million, state reports show. The cash balance of the fund just over a year ago was about $ 8 …
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Out of Prison, But Not Alone: Women Get Help at Catholic Halfway House

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The U.S. Department of Justice website cites a number of studies that confirm the difficulty of staying off drugs. “Among nearly 300,000 prisoners released in 15 states in 1994, 67.5% were rearrested within three years,” read the conclusion of one …
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Community Calendar Jan. 13

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This traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine explores the role that gender has played in the treatment of mental illness and the development of medicine by using Gilman's work, as well as primary source material, to examine the famous …
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