Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

Published March 24, 2013

Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions

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Investing heavily in drug treatment and community supervision, Texas has avoided nearly $ 2 billion in spending on new prisons, while the crime rate has dropped to levels unseen since the 1960s. But even as the national prison population has declined, …
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How will Drug Treatment in New Jersey be affected if across the board Budget …

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A Fortune 100 company found that its average annual medical costs for employees with substance abuse problems dropped from $ 2,068 to $ 165 after the employees began substance abuse treatment programs. With treatment. client's use of their primary drug …
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