WSRE | Connecting the Community | Prison Reform

WSRE | Connecting The Community | Prison Reform – Governor Scott is proposing an overhaul of the Florida prison system. His proposed reforms would divert more inmates into treatment and education programs. Guests on the discussion panel include former circuit judge Kim Skievaski, the only person in Northwest Florida who has worked as a prosecutor, judge and defense attorney; Susan Watson, ACLU NW Florida Regional Office Director; Connie Bookman, founder and executive director of Pathways for Change – a long term alcohol and drug treatment program that boasts a 92% success rate; and Dr. Richard Hough, instructor at the UWF department of justice studies.

Man sentenced in CVS robbery case

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

SANTA CRUZ – A 32-year-old Santa Cruz man was sentenced Tuesday to one year in County Jail and one year in a residential drug treatment program for stealing razor blades from a Mission Street drug store, along with drug possession offenses and having …
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