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"The Case for Treating Drug Addicts in Prison"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new piece in Newsweek.  Here is an excerpt: Of the 2.3 million inmates in the U.S., more than half have a history of substance abuse and addiction. Not all those inmates are imprisoned on drug-related charges (although drug arrests have been rising steadily since the early 1990s; there were 195,700 arrests in 2007). But in many cases, their crimes, such as burglary, have been committed in the service of feeding their addictions.... Over the last few years, some in the justice system have warmed to the idea of treating drug addicts in addition to (or instead of) incarcerating them.  In some states, most notably Ohio, almost all first-time drug offenders and many second-timers are offered treatment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 29, 2010 (boomark / email).