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When Treatment is Punishment: The Effects of Maryland's Incompetency to Stand Trial Policies and Practices
- Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute, Oct 12, 2011
Incompetency to stand trial policies in Marlyand unfairly confine people without a conviction or a guilty verdict.
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Addicted to Courts: How a Growing Dependence on Drug Courts Impacts People and Communities
- Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute, Mar 22, 2011
Report investigating the phenomenon of drug courts and providing alternatives to better address substance abuse issues.
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Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense
- Justice Policy Institute, Jul 7, 2010
As many as 9 in 10 youth in justice system have experienced a traumatic event, yet few such youth are identified as traumatized, and fewer receive appropriate treatment or placement
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The Release Valve: Parole in Maryland
- Justice Policy Institute, Mar 5, 2009
In the current difficult economic situation, states are searching for ways to reduce spending while maintaining safe communities. With a $68 billion prison system holding over 2.3 million people in prisons and jails across the country—with no clear public safety gains—policymakers are looking to prison systems as a place to cut budgets.
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Judging Maryland: Baltimore Judges on Effective Solutions to Working with Substance Abusers in the Criminal Justice System
- Scott Ehlers and Kevin Pranis, Mar 4, 2008
In 2004, Maryland lawmakers enacted a set of reforms designed to expand options available to judges, prosecutors, and the state’s parole commission for placing addicted defendants in community-based treatment rather than prison.
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Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety
- Justice Policy Institute, Jan 16, 2008
Community-based substance abuse treatment reduces crime rates and helps states reduce corrections costs. The sooner substance abuse is treated, the bigger the cost savings and increases in public safety.
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Effective Investments in Public Safety: Drug Treatment
- Justice Policy Institute, Feb 2, 2007
Whereas in 1980 only about 8% of federal and state prisoners were incarcerated for a drug offense, in 2003, 55 percent of the federal prison population and 20 percent of prisoners in state facilities were incarcerated for drug offenses.
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Treatment or Incarceration: National and State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings of Drug Treatment Versus Imprisonment
- Doug McVay, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg, Jan 30, 2004
This policy brief will survey research that shows that, on the whole, providing drug offenders with treatment is a more cost-effective way of dealing with substance addicted drug and nonviolent offenders than prison.
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Treatment or Incarceration: National and State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings of Drug Treatment Versus Imprisonment
- Doug McVay, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg, Jan 30, 2004
This policy brief will survey research that shows that, on the whole, providing drug offenders with treatment is a more cost-effective way of dealing with substance addicted drug and nonviolent offenders than prison.