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| In Tucson, an alternative to more private prisons and a chance to escape drug addiction |
| By azcentral.com- Craig Harris |
| Published: 10/05/2015 |
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TUCSON – Heather McNeeley already had spent one birthday behind bars for using drugs, and she was looking at another 3.5 years in prison for possessing and trying to sell heroin in 2012. Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall, however, gave McNeeley a chance to stay out of the pokey. McNeeley was allowed to enroll in the county's Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison (DTAP) program — the only one of its kind in Arizona. LaWall said DTAP, started in 2010 and funded mostly by federal grants, costs less than half of what it takes to send a non-violent drug offender to prison. LaWall, a prosecutor for nearly 40 years, added that the state could save millions of dollars if it shifted money to drug treatment instead of adding more private prison beds. Read More. |
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