State Debate on Prison Overcrowding Could Hurt Monterey Jail Plans, Sheriff …

State Debate on Prison Overcrowding Could Hurt Monterey Jail Plans, Sheriff …
The next day Senate leader Darrell Steinberg revealed an opposing plan that would allow the state three more years to reduce its prison population to court-mandated levels while counties would get $ 200 million a year for drug treatment and mental … Read more on Monterey County Weekly (blog)

Ice use devastating rural Victoria
However, Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge said on Thursday that the government was aware that use of methamphetamine – or ice – was increasing and that $ 1.1 million in new funding had been allocated for prevention, education and treatment … Read more on The Age

Democratic senators propose alternative to Jerry Brown's prison plan
Jerry Brown's plan for meeting a court order on prison overcrowding, in large part by providing grants as incentives for counties to expand rehabilitation, drug and mental health treatment programs for criminal offenders. Under the plan, the state … Read more on Los Angeles Times

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I have not ever been to any residential treatment nor have I ever been in trouble for anything to do with drugs. No record or posession, or any … Generally, if you can afford to pay for your own treatment, the courts usually allow you to do so … Read more on About – News & Issues

Drug Treatment Centers funding Cuts
Drug Treatment Centers funding Cuts.