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Bridgewater: The men in Mass. who need our help

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The focus of this is Bridgewater but doesn't mention the suicide and suicide attempts at Framingham. The men in Mass. who need our help By Mark S. Coven The Boston Globe September 10, 2009 THE THREE men sat in court, each in custody and handcuffed. The first was on probation for driving while under the influence of liquor. At 22, he struggles with alcoholism. After he was rushed to the hospital with an extremely high blood alcohol level, his parents petitioned the court to have him civilly committed to receive treatment. While the law authorizes judges to civilly commit a person to certain programs for up to 30 days, the Massachusetts Alcohol Substance Abuse Center at Bridgewater had discharged the probationer back to the court in less than one week...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 11, 2009 (boomark / email).