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| Recovery Court helps addicts and increases safety |
| By knoxnews.com |
| Published: 08/05/2013 |
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Tennessee opened the nation’s first statewide Recovery Court last week at the Morgan County Correctional Complex. The facility will house up to 100 nonviolent offenders, freeing up traditional prison beds for more hardened criminals. The program promises to cut incarceration costs and recidivism rates by treating the substance abuse that so often is at the core of criminal activity. With Tennessee’s drug abuse problem — especially with prescription medications and methamphetamine — at epidemic levels, such an initiative is sorely needed and offers hope of stemming the tide of addition. Read More. |
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