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Calif.'s Prop 5 Battle Exposes Fault Lines Between Treatment Groups, Drug Courts

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Calif.'s Prop 5 Battle Exposes Fault Lines Between Treatment Groups, Drug Courts December 5, 2008 News Feature By Bob Curley The battle over California's recently defeated Proposition 5 has led to a schism between drug courts and addiction treatment providers -- putative allies in the drive to shunt drug offenders into treatment rather than prisons -- with advocates on both sides lamenting a lost opportunity to reform a justice system that most agree places too much emphasis on punishment and not enough on rehabilitation. When the Nonviolent Offenders Rehabilitation Act (NORA) was shot down by about a 60-40 margin in November, it was partly due to the advocacy efforts of drug-court judges, who allied themselves with law enforcement, prison guards, and some prevention groups in opposing the measure...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 08, 2008 (boomark / email).