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State and local human services agencies, supported by the federal government, must pool their services to fight the scourge of substance use disorder that resulted in 108,000 overdose deaths last year, according to the general counsel of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. “It’s no longer an ‘either or’ proposition, treatment instead of medication. We’re

Recent changes to the parameters of the federally funded offender reentry program are widening the path for formerly incarcerated individuals to receive services as they return to society. Trisha Allen, (photo at right), coordinator of the reentry program at Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, said those changes include reducing the length of a person’s

LEAP is a fast-paced certification program that prepares secondary education students to compete for jobs in the supply chain and logistics field.

Wastewater surveillance helps identify COVID variants in San Diego County. Meanwhile, the city of San Diego started the process of firing employees for refusing COVID vaccines and tests. Plus, San Diego inmates care for plants and vegetables during the final months of their sentence.

Stockton will apply for $8.1 million in county funds for Salvation Army-run 125-bed low barrier shelter at 1188 S. Airport Way.

Louisiana Department of Correction’s Office of Probation and Parole’s reentry program is designed to connect people who are released from prison with the resources they need.

Milwaukee native Ramiah Whiteside was just 17 years old when a judge sentenced him to 47 years in prison.  While Whiteside only served 20 <span class="excerpt-more">...</span>

The new dashboard gives the public unprecedented transparency into Washington's criminal legal system.

Gremillion was one of several guest speakers who took part in a forum Tuesday to encourage employers to hire applicants with criminal records.

Native American women make up less than 1% of Minnesota’s overall population but are 20% of the state's female prison inmates.