Law and reorder: Why next June's Sacramento district attorney race is crucial

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Her ideas speak to this shift; she says that we can't keep incarcerating people who'd be better served in community corrections and treatment programs. … After decades of drug wars and unprecedented prison empire building, leaders in Washington agree.
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US attorney looking to transform Searcy Hospital into training facility for …

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Brown met with lawmakers representing south Alabama and other civic leaders on Thursday to present his idea for transforming the shuddered former mental facility into a place of transitional and vocational training for those recently released from …
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Study Shows Texans Support Changing How The State Punishes Drug Crimes

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The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Effective Justice polled over 1,000 people about how Texas currently punishes non-violent drug offenders with prison time vs. drug rehab and probation. Marc Levin, the director for the Center for …
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Study finds new criminal code may fail to reduce prison population

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On the other hand, if the plan to place low-level criminals in county jails, drug-treatment and community-corrections programs is embraced, the state's prison population will drop by some 2,000 felons in the next few years, the study found. The General …
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