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Mills administration officials oppose bill to decriminalize drug possession
But people in recovery, medical providers, faith groups, legislators and advocates overwhelmingly support the proposal to make drug possession only a civil violation.
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People in recovery, medical providers, faith groups, legislators and advocates all testified Friday in favor of a bill that would make drug possession a civil violation instead of a crime.
But two top officials in the Mills administration opposed the measure even as they agreed that people with substance use disorder should be diverted from the criminal justice system.
“Do you believe what we’re doing is working?” Rep. Charlotte Warren, a Democrat from Hallowell, asked Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey.
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As COVID cases rose at jail, county officials gave praise
Hillsborough County s jail inspection reports, filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General s office, have looked essentially identical for years. Composite
A post outside the Valley Street Jail in Manchester. Emily Corwin / NHPR
Published: 4/30/2021 5:13:28 PM
When Hillsborough County Commissioner Toni Pappas toured the Valley Street Jail in Manchester last December, as she and fellow commissioners are required to do at least twice a year, she didn’t appear to find any cause for concern.
“I have found the condition of the facility, the security of the inmates, and the management to be in order,” Pappas wrote in an inspection report filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. “The inmates are being cared for pursuant to [state law], and are appropriately supervised by trained correctional staff.”
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Two men, one from Ontario, put little effort into concealing US$1 million ($1.2 million) worth of weed when they tossed 13 oversized duffel bags containing the drug into the back of their vehicle and in plain view for investigating officers.
As a result of an earlier investigation, detectives with the Narcotics Task Force of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office stopped driver Shawn Porter of Etobicoke and passenger Jeremy Windoloski of Hogansburg, N.Y. on Apr. 27 for suspected drug offences. Porter, 34, and Windoloski, 23, were travelling on Interstate 80 East in Lodi, N.J. when the traffic stop was initiated, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Hillsborough County s jail inspection reports, filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General s office, have looked essentially identical for years.
When Hillsborough County Commissioner Toni Pappas toured the Valley Street Jail in Manchester last December, as she and fellow commissioners are required to do at least twice a year, she didn’t appear to find any cause for concern.
“I have found the condition of the facility, the security of the inmates, and the management to be in order,” Pappas wrote in an inspection report filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. “The inmates are being cared for pursuant to [state law], and are appropriately supervised by trained correctional staff.”