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AL: Nightmare' complaints spur action on uncertified faith-based drug treatment programs

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Nightmare' complaints spur action on uncertified drug treatment programs Tuesday, August 12, 2008 DAVE PARKS News staff writer Mental health officials are strengthening oversight of Alabama's uncertified drug treatment programs after hearing "nightmare" stories about predatory practices and medical incompetence occurring in faith-based facilities housing thousands of drug-court defendants and prison parolees. "We're not taking this lightly," said John Ziegler, a spokesman for the state Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. "It's critical." Ziegler said the department plans to inspect more than 100 halfway houses, many of them operating under ministries that are accepting referrals from courts and prisons while claiming to provide drug treatment services...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 12, 2008 (boomark / email).