Teen Drug Rehab: Sentenced to Life at 16, Woman Hopes for Freedom – Jackson Clarion Ledger

Sentenced to life at 16, woman hopes for freedom – Jackson Clarion Ledger
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Sentenced to life at 16, woman hopes for freedom
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a long-awaited ruling, wrestling with questions that have confounded the justice system for years: Should teens convicted of the most brutal crimes be punished just like adults? Or should their youth matter

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The Station nightclub fire – 10 years later – Boston Globe
Filed under: Teen Drug Rehab

The Station nightclub fire – 10 years later
Boston Globe
He has spent the last decade in a swirling haze of band tours, heavy drinking, and drug abuse, often at the same time. By the summer of 2010, he could no longer stand for an entire performance, and he suffered a perforated bowel that left him in a coma

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‘Wretches’ find grace to change – Shelbyville Times-Gazette
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'Wretches' find grace to change
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Years ago, when I was the executive director of a Christian drug rehab in Murfreesboro, I received a letter from a young man named Erik who was locked up in the Rutherford County Jail. He asked for our help, so I went out to the jail to see him. We sat

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Prison realignment: Good for state, bad for counties? – Appeal-Democrat
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Prison realignment: Good for state, bad for counties?
Appeal-Democrat
Yuba and Sutter counties are using money from the state to build new treatment programs and enhance other counseling options designed to reduce recidivism. Additional emphasis has been placed on drug courts, and programs for mental health treatment,

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Celebrating Black History Month: Charles Brimm – Cherry Hill Courier Post
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Celebrating Black History Month: Charles Brimm
Cherry Hill Courier Post
There, he witnessed the devastation caused by drugs and co-founded CAMcare (now South Jersey Behavioral Health Services). In 1970, he established Concept House, a drug rehabilitation center. Brimm was a founding trustee of Camden County College

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