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| RI investigates drug treatment |
| By The Providence Journal |
| Published: 01/10/2007 |
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PROVIDENCE, RI - With Rhode Island's prison population at an all-time high, lawmakers are asking whether the state can move some inmates into drug treatment programs to save money and address a social problem at the same time. Nationally, half of all prison inmates have substance abuse problems and 60 percent of inmates committed their crimes to get money to buy drugs, according to Neil A. Corkery, executive director of the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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