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Waiting list for in-prison treatment gone for first time ever

The Austin Statesman reports on an important milestone in Texas' efforts to reduce prison overcrowding by expanding treatment and diversion programs ("After 15 years, waiting list ends for prison drug treatment programs," Aug. 5):For the first time since the Texas prison system's substance-abuse treatment programs began nearly 15 years ago, amid controversy over their cost and effectiveness, programs have no waiting list, prison officials said Tuesday.In years past, thousands of drug- and alcohol-addicted convicts had to wait for months ? in some cases years ? for space to open up in the treatment programs, filling prisons with felons who could have been paroled, and confounding a smooth transition of convicts from prisons to programs to parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 05, 2009 (boomark / email).