The Definitive Guide To Mary-Kate And Ashley's On-Screen Dads

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With a plea deal it is agreed that Lindsay will spend one day in jail, serve 10 days of community service and complete a drug-treatment program. She was also given 36 months of probation and had to complete an 18-month alcohol education program.
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California Prison Crowding Deadline Extended Additional Month

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Brown and state lawmakers want a three-year delay to give proposed rehabilitation programs time to work. Under a new state law, the alternative is to spend $ 315 million this fiscal year to house thousands of inmates in private prisons and county jails …
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Drug court to expand in Pinellas, Pasco with prison diversion program

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The new prison diversion option — expected to start screening in December and launch in January — would broaden the program to include nonviolent offenders with substance abuse issues who might be sent to prison under state guidelines. It would now …
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Buprenorphine the new 'drug of choice' for inmates

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KESHA WEST: Commissioner Shuard says Victoria's prisons have also now limited the drug's use in their inmate drug treatment programs to avoid the risk of Bup being diverted to other prisoners. JAN SHUARD: We don't use Buprenorphine, only a small …
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