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| Federal cuts jeopardize Nevada inmate drug treatment program |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/28/2005 |
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Corrections officials say that federal funding cuts are jeopardizing one of Nevada's most successful drug treatment program for inmates. The federal substance abuse grant that funds a mandatory treatment program has been cut by two-thirds. Nevada officials are seeking an additional one million dollars over two years to make up for the cuts. Corrections program director Dorothy Nash Holmes says inmates who go through drug treatment are better behaved, and less likely to return to prison after being treated. Holmes also says the program saves money because it is staffed largely by counselors, not correctional officers. Holmes says the cost to staff the program with officers would be nearly twice as much as the cost of the treatment program. The treatment program serves more than three-hundred inmates in Indian Springs. |
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