Connections » Harm Reduction http://mtconnections.org Working towards any positive change! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Prisons do less to keep inmates from returning http://mtconnections.org/archives/312 http://mtconnections.org/archives/312#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:06 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/312 "I can't afford any more years up here -- I've lost too many," said Tatum, who is serving a four-year stint for forgery at the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. "I'm trying to learn things to change my thinking, change everything about me, so I can go home. It's so easy to get caught up here and never leave. I don't want to die in prison."~Gina Tatum

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"Crime rates are local and they can be complicated,'' Prins said. "But 2005 is when we seemed to get on top of the meth problem. Without having to deal with meth labs and meth crimes, police can focus on interdiction on the I-5 corridor. We have also seen an increase in drug courts and drug treatment." ~Craig Prrins, Oregon Criminal Justice Commission

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