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More drug offenders would be sentenced to treatment instead of prison under proposed law

Bills in the house and senate allow for more incarcerated people to be eligible for Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative.

Leona Vaughn | WNPA News Service
Posted 2/6/20

Proposals moving through the Legislature would expand the eligibility of incarcerated people to receive treatment for substance abuse in lieu of or concurrently with prison sentences.

Senate Bill …

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