Lowe's Robber Receives Light Sentence So He Can Turn Life Around

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Assistant Rockingham County Attorney Brad Bolton said all but 71 days — the amount of jail time Deleon has already served — of that sentence will be deferred, though, if Deleon is able to complete the drug treatment program in which he's currently …
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Mississippi drug courts growing but short on money

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Chris Epps View full sizeMississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said it costs $ 41.51 per day to house an inmate in the state prison system. That compares to $ 7.89 per day for a person to be in the drug court program. … They have better …
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Calif. prison realignment: Some women are serving more time in custody (photos)

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Some, like Riverside, Orange, San Francisco, and Contra Costa, have utilized jail alternatives like residential drug treatment programs or split sentencing, which allows an offender to serve a portion of their time on probation instead of in jail. Los …
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Female inmates' treatment is evolving

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When Jeannette Murphy first stepped onto the grounds of the Washington Corrections Center for Women 30 years ago, she recalls encountering tennis courts and what she terms the “patty-cake" treatment of inmates by prison staff. Murphy, imprisoned for …
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