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| Phila judge: Jail not best solution for heroin addiction |
| By timesreporter.com- Meghan Millea |
| Published: 08/04/2014 |
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Seated behind her desk, Judge Nanette DeGarmo Von Allman pointed to the various motivational photos and phrases that keep her grounded day after day, week after week. Those mementos help her as she meets with people who seem to be on a path of self-destruction — taking loved ones and strangers with them as they go. As the city’s municipal court judge, it’s Von Allman’s job to impose consequences for any number of infractions that they may have committed, from beating a loved one to robbing someone so they could afford their next high. But as she does so, she is reminded that many of the people who end up in her courtroom are sick. Nearly all of the cases she sees have some tie to drugs or alcohol, and many of the people she encounters are living in the throws of an addiction that drives their every whim and need. Read More. |
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