The Residue Years: From Prison to the Pen

The Residue Years: From Prison to the Pen – Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America’s whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the ’90s, those streets and beyond had fallen u…

Cost of Meth

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He was eventually arrested by Terre Haute police for his meth use and got into a treatment program. … Currently, there are 1841 inmates in Indiana prisons for meth related offenses. It costs … According to ISP, only 4% to 6% of meth users ever get …
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Bank robber who stole from Pittsfield Greylock FCU branch gets prison

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The maximum sentence for unarmed robbery is life in state prison. According to Assistant Chief Probation Officer Michael Koperniak, Santos' probation conditions included that she attend a residential drug treatment program. She skipped out of the …
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Fighting scourge of heroin

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“We can't arrest our way out of the problem, it's not going to happen,” Blodgett said, adding that until a community raises its level of awareness, it can't deal with heroin addiction in a constructive way. What's more important than putting people in …
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