Teen Gunman Benjamin Bishop: Rage Drove Him to Kill, Gun Laws Were No Obstacle

Published January 31, 2013

Teen gunman Benjamin Bishop: Rage drove him to kill, gun laws were no obstacle

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Over three months in 2011, Bishop was detained four times under the Baker Act. He went off to drug rehab. … There is no federal law, and no law in the state of Florida, requiring background checks for ammunition purchases. … Among the provisions …
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Fresno County Jail criminal rehabilitation unit proposed

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

A handful of jail services currently exist for inmates, such as drug and alcohol counseling, but the plan to help with re-entry surpasses anything the jail has now. It calls for specialized staffing, dedicated space for services and a federally …
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Judge says drug courts offer offenders chance to change

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Those who go to prison for drug crimes spend an average of about 18 months there, which costs the state roughly $ 40,000. "If you could show it actually changes their behavior, it would … Instead, McCarville has overseen the creation of a special drug …
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