Drug court is a good alternative
Carroll County Times editorial for Sunday April 15, 2007
The Carroll County Times editorial for Sunday, April 15th, 2007 is quite a worthy read and I certainly wish that I had written it: “Drug court is a good alternative.”
More people facing drug charges have a better opportunity to turn their lives around with the start Friday of
Drugs courts cost more up front because they are more intensive in tracking, monitoring and supervising offenders, but they are more cost-effective in the long run if they are successful in reducing the number of repeat offenders.
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Warden George Hardinger said last month that he is convinced incarceration is not the answer for drug offenders. Eighty to 85 percent of the people in the detention center are there for drug offenses, Hardinger said.
Simply put, throwing people in jail for drug offenses and then, after a period of time, allowing them to return to the same neighborhoods and engage in the same destructive behaviors only increases the chance that they will be back in jail before too long.
Read the rest of the editorial here: “Drug court is a good alternative.”
The Carroll County Times does not use permalinks. If you accessing this post after the link has gone dead, e-mail me at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com and I’ll post the entire editorial.
And just so ya know… Yes there is quite a bit of information in the Carroll County Times that is worth calling to your attention. The reason that I don’t post items from the Carroll County Times more often than I do is because posting articles and columns that do not have a permalink is a hassle. Inevitably, I will have to double-back at a later date and place the entire article on the blog for folks frustrated at not being able to access it when they come across the post through a search engine…
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