http://www.bloglines.com/blog/NarcononGaMichelle?id=8
CONSIDER THE DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS ALSO
Recognizing that society and individuals are not served well by locking up most drug addicts is a major shift in public philosophy that has been a long coming.
While the focus is going from prison to drug court, we need to include drug treatment centers in our view. For years, many drug treatment centers have been successful at returning individuals to society as drug free and productive. They and their dedicated staff need to be recognized and supported. As the shift away from prisons is occurring, we need to make sure that the drug treatment centers stay around.
We are going to need them.
“Many crimes are rooted in alcohol and drug addictions. Yet, too often, nonviolent offenders are simply sent to jail and not treated for the addiction problems that led them there.
When we release individuals with untreated addictions back into communities, they usually return to their friends, their habits, and their crimes.
More than half of those in the criminal justice system who complete treatment programs and participate in aftercare do not commit new crimes. Most prisoners who serve mandatory sentences, but get no treatment, commit new crimes and start using drugs or alcohol soon after release.
Drug courts are designed to help people with addictions who are facing criminal charges get through treatment and recover from their addiction. Their basic premise is to leverage the authority of the criminal-justice system to keep defendants in treatment, recognizing that the recovery process may well include lapses and relapses, but the longer a person stays in treatment, the greater chance he/she has for sustained recovery.
While the participant is enrolled in the drug court, final disposition of the criminal charges is suspended and -- depending upon the participant's ultimate success or failure -- may be dismissed or otherwise changed.
It is widely recognized that drug courts result in varying degrees of reduced recidivism and cost savings for the criminal-justice system, and are most effective with high-risk, defendants with a long history of addictions.
In addition, drug courts produce many other societal benefits, including increased coordination and delivery of public health and mental health services, vocational training and job placement which increase the likelihood of sustained recovery. “
http://www.jointogether.org/keyissues/incarceration/treatment-vs-incarceration-readmore.html
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