Iowa Kids: After a Crime, a Second Chance

Iowa Kids: After a crime, a second chance
Or they can be as involved as a family therapy course or a drug treatment program. “Times are changing,” said Mark Umbreit, director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking and a social work professor at the University of Minnesota. A large …
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Woman Forced Into Treatment Challenges Wisconsin Law That Allows Detention …
After Beltran declined, social workers and cops got involved, the upshot being a court order sending her to Casa Clare, a drug treatment center in Appleton, where she was confined until October 4. Beltran, who is currently about 29 weeks into her …
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Former Metro East drug court judge expected to admit guilt in own heroin case
… he sold cocaine to Cook and Associate Judge Joseph Christ before Cook and Christ went to a hunting lodge. Christ died of an overdose there March 10. Cook resigned from the bench. After his arrest, Cook attended a drug rehabilitation center in …
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