Prop 5: Do Sick People Deserve Drug Treatment or Jail Time?

Prop 5: Do Sick People Deserve Drug Treatment or Jail Time? – Prop 5: The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act http://www.Prop5Yes.com Proposition 5 will cut state costs. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst estimates …

Man who made gun threat gets prison time

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As an alternative to prison, the VA offered Collier a spot in a two-month inpatient treatment program at its Des Moines hospital, he said. … Since 2003, Collier has had a string of convictions for drug-related and operating while intoxicated arrests …
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Full Show: Incarceration Nation

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December 20, 2013. Bill Moyers speaks with activist Michelle Alexander about the key to unlocking our dehumanizing system of incarceration, and shares a clip from a film about an ex-convict who helps women get back on their feet after prison. View …
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A chronology of those who died in 2013

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Chris Kelly, 34, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump," in Atlanta of an apparent drug overdose. May 2 … He had been in poor health and treatment included hospitalization …
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