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Louisiana Drug Offender Program Leaves $5 Million Shortfall
Loaded on May 12, 2016
by David Reutter
Filed under:
Cost of Prison Systems,
Alternative Sentencing,
Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Location:
Louisiana.
A 2013 law passed by Louisiana lawmakers was expected to save $6 million by diverting drug offenders to treatment and shortening the prison sentences of such offenders by having them complete a drug treatment program. The law has not worked as planned, leaving the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) …
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