For many convicted criminals in Alabama there is nothing correctional about the state's correctional facilities. With the overall rate of recidivism at 37 percent, and many prisons operating at 400 percent of their design capacity, the system is failing, said Cynthia Dillard, assistant director of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. In the past 10 years, Alabama's prison population has increased from about 18,000 to more than 28,000, according to a report by the board. "Nobody said it was working," Dillard said. "We spend less per inmate than any state in the nation. What we're doing is not ideal." [continues 1062 words]
The key to getting off of drugs is wanting to be off of drugs. Regardless of the method of rehabilitation, the one thing that drug treatment professionals agree on is that an addict must truly want to change. That willingness to get sober is the first step. The next step is finding a treatment program that works. The 28-day shuffle The most prevalent method of treatment for addiction begins with a detoxification period, usually supervised by a physician, said Kelly Price, assistant director for prevention at the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention in Anniston. [continues 1263 words]
